 Benz was born in Mühlburg, which later became a borough of Karlsruhe (in 1886).Benz also studied at the Karlsruhe University.It also is interesting that Benz’s wife Bertha took the world's first long distance-drive with an automobile from Mannheim to Karlsruhe-Grötzingen and Pforzheim (see Bertha Benz Memorial Route).