Great ideas are often realised in humble surroundings – such as the greenhouse of Gottlieb Daimler in Bad Cannstatt. Working with colleague, Wilhelm Maybach, the two talented engineers toiled in secret around the clock on the first high-speed engine in 1883 – so secret in fact that a suspicious gardener informed the police after suspecting that counterfeit coins were being produced in the workshop.
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| Now you have the opportunity to retrace their steps. Visit the birthplace of the automobile, the house where the founding fathers of Mercedes-Benz lived and worked. Transport yourself more than 100 years back in time and recreate the exciting beginnings of motorisation. |
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|  | | Gottlieb Daimler Memorial |
| The first engines and vehicles were built in this greenhouse in Bad Cannstatt. |
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| | | Gottlieb Daimler was born and raised above this bakery and wine tavern in Schorndorf. |
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| | | Karl Benz worked in the tower room of this residential building in Ladenburg. |
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| | | C. Benz Söhne automobiles were manufactured in this factory building in Ladenburg. |
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