"Gottlieb Daimler – eccentric and visionary" - tour in english
Prick up your ears, listen attentively and you will hear the dull thud of horse hooves on cobblestones and the regular panting of a steam engine, broken by the wailing whistle from the locomotive.
Travel in the age of Daimler was wearisome: long uncomfortable journeys in poorly made carriages. Daimler saw a solution to this problem and went to work, designing one of the most extraordinary inventions of his time. A genius at work meant the light sometimes burnt all night in Daimlers house in Höllgasse.
Some neighbours were jealous, others, like the washerwoman Marie were overcome with curiousitiy, yet others simply mocked the strange activities - slander and evil rumours were soon widespread. Some good citizens found, Daimler had gone too far and set the police on him more than once...
Immerse yourself in the picturesque lanes of Schorndorf and discover, what you almost certainly were not aware about the towns best known son, who became world famous.
Enroute, you will meet Daimlers wife Emma and the quarrelsome neighbour, the washerwoman Marie, both charmingly attired in the local costume of the early 19th century.
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