Editing Mannheim (section)

===Inventions===
[[File:Monument of first motorcar.jpg|thumb|Monument of first motorcar in Mannheim]]
According to [[Forbes]] magazine, Mannheim is known for its exceptional inventive power and was ranked 11th among the Top 15 of the most inventive cities worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2013/07/09/worlds-15-most-inventive-cities|title=World's 15 Most Inventive Cities|magazine=Forbes.com|access-date=13 February 2014}}</ref>

Many significant inventions were made in Mannheim:
*[[Karl Drais]] built the first two-wheeled ''[[draisine]]'' in 1817.
*[[Karl Benz]] drove the first automobile on the streets of Mannheim in 1886. At his workshop in Mannheim, he produced a lightweight [[Benz Patent Motorwagen|three-wheeled vehicle]] powered by a single cylinder [[gasoline|petrol/gasoline]]-fueled [[internal combustion engine|engine]], first shown in public during 1886. This powered tricycle subsequently came to be widely regarded as the first [[automobile|automobile/motor car]] powered by an internal combustion engine. Karl's wife [[Bertha Benz]] undertook the world's first [[road trip]] by automobile from Mannheim to [[Pforzheim]] and back,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bertha Benz Memorial Route|url=http://www.bertha-benz.de/indexen.php?inhalt=home|access-date=2021-12-19|website=www.bertha-benz.de}}</ref> about 65 miles then, on modern roads about 55 miles, in August 1888.
* The Lanz Bulldog, a popular tractor with a rugged, simple Diesel engine was introduced in 1921.
* Karl Benz developed the world's first compact diesel-powered car at the [[Benz & Cie.]] motor works in Mannheim in 1923.
* [[Julius Hatry]] built the world's first rocket plane in 1929.
* Dario Fontanella, an Italian [[Gastarbeiter|guest worker]], invented the first [[Spaghettieis]] (spaghetti ice cream) in 1969.
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File:draisine1817.jpg|The world's first [[draisine|bicycle]], built in Mannheim by [[Karl Drais|Karl Freiherr von Drais]] in 1817
File: 1885Benz.jpg|The world's first [[Benz Patent Motorwagen|motorcar]], built in Mannheim by [[Karl Benz]] in 1885
File:berthabenzmemorialrouteschild.jpg|Official sign of [[Bertha Benz Memorial Route]], commemorating the world's first long-distance journey by automobile from Mannheim to Pforzheim in 1888 {{convert|104|km|0|abbr=on}}
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