Ludwigshafen Germany

Ludwigshafen is a large industrial city.. During WWII, thirteen thousand Allied bombers hit the city in 121 separate raids during the war, of which 56 succeeded in hitting the IG Farben plant. Those 56 raids dropped 53,000 bombs each containing 250 to 4,000 pounds of high explosives, plus 2.5 million 4-pound magnesium incendiary bombs (the bombers also dropped millions of leaflets warning the civilians to evacuate the city, plus counterfeit ration coupons). By December 1944, so much damage had been done to vital utilities that output dropped to nearly zero. Follow-up raids every week ended production permanently. By war's end most dwellings were destroyed or damaged.

I have no idea.

In this town I went to the toilet. They were marked D and M. I had to wait for someone to come out before I went in.

Heading to Ladenburg, Germany 🇩🇪. I kept telling our guide that I needed to stop for "pictures". It was a long trip on a bike.

Bike ride that went on way to long. We road out till we could not ride anymore. Then turned around and road right back.

Small town square. Very pretty.

Carl Benz built the first car in the world right here in this garage. Ford was credited for building the first car on an assembly line.

From Google translate:

Planned in 1910 as a garden house and terrace. The upper floor served as a study, where Carl Benz retired to work undisturbed until his death in 1929. The maintenance of the card game with his two sons Eugen and Richard was also popular.

The basement housed Carl Benz's favorite vehicle type "Victoria", later the Benz type "Tonneau".

This building is believed to be the first stone garage in the world. Today it serves as the headquarters of the “Motorsport Club Dr. Carl Benz Ladenburg in the ADAC e. V. "

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