Editing Carl Benz (section)

==Early life==
[[Image:Carl Benz 1869.png|thumb|left|Benz in 1869 at the age of 25]]

Carl Benz was born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant on 25 November 1844 in [[Mühlburg]], now a borough of [[Karlsruhe]], Baden-Württemberg, which is part of modern Germany. His parents were Josephine Vaillant and a [[locomotive]] driver, Johann Georg Benz, whom she married a few months later. According to German law, the child acquired the name "Benz" by legal marriage of his parents.<ref>[http://www.geographic.hu/index.php?act=napi&rov=5&id=6102 1844. november 25-én Karlsruheban született Karl Friedrich Vaillant] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011111822/http://www.geographic.hu/index.php?act=napi&rov=5&id=6102 |date=11 October 2008 }} Karlsruheban született Karl Friedrich Vaillant, a Benz autógyár alapítója. Mivel születésekor anyja még hajadon volt, ezért az ő neve után anyakönyvezték. Vaillant csak később vette fel apja nevét, a Benz-et.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930000422/http://www.personatti.com/card.data/Karl%20Benz_10080459.htm Realname:, Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant. Birthdate:, 25 November 1844. Death-date:, 4 April 1929. Birthplace:, Germany, Baden-württemberg, Karlsruhe ...]</ref><ref name="mann">{{Cite web |last=Mannheimer Morgen |date=2007-05-07 |title=Carl Benz machte die Welt mobil |url=http://www.morgenweb.de/region/mannheim/daimler_benz/622204232.html |access-date=2024-05-03 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024748/http://www.morgenweb.de/region/mannheim/daimler_benz/622204232.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> When he was two years old, his father died of [[pneumonia]],<ref>http://www.zeno.org/nid/20007927983 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911200022/http://www.zeno.org/Naturwissenschaften/M/Benz,+Carl+Friedrich/Lebensfahrt+eines+deutschen+Erfinders/Vater+und+Mutter |date=11 September 2019 }} Benz, Carl Friedrich: Lebensfahrt eines deutschen Erfinders. Die Erfindung des Automobils, Erinnerungen eines Achtzigjährigen. Leipzig 1936, S. 13–17</ref> and his name was changed to Karl Friedrich Benz in remembrance of his father.

Despite living in near poverty, his mother strove to give him a good education. Benz attended the local school in Karlsruhe and was a [[child prodigy|prodigious]] student. In 1853, at the age of nine, he started at the scientifically oriented [[Lyceum]]. Next he studied at [[Karlsruhe Institute of Technology#History|Karlsruhe's polytechnical school]] under the instruction of [[Ferdinand Redtenbacher]].{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Benz had originally focused his studies on [[locksmithing]], but he eventually followed his father's steps toward locomotive engineering. On 30 September 1860, at age 15, he passed the entrance exam for mechanical engineering for the Karlsruhe polytechnical school, which he subsequently attended. Benz graduated on 9 July 1864, aged 19.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Following his formal education, Benz had seven years of professional training in several companies, but did not fit well in any of them. The training started in Karlsruhe with two years of varied jobs in a mechanical engineering company.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

He then moved to [[Mannheim]] to work as a [[technical drawing|draftsman]] and designer in a [[Weighing scale|scales]] factory. In 1868 he went to [[Pforzheim]] to work for the bridge building company ''Gebrüder Benckiser Eisenwerke und Maschinenfabrik''. Finally,{{when|date=May 2024}} he went to [[Vienna]] for a short period to work at an [[Cast-iron architecture|iron construction]] company. <ref>{{Citation |title=Queensboro Bridge, Spanning East River & Blackwell's Island, New York County, NY |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ny0326.photos |access-date=2025-05-30 |language=english}}</ref>