European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 05, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday aprils 1990 the stars and stripes Page 13 car Corne Germany is Rich in Auto museums for a country of its size West Germany features the highest number of automobile motorcycle museums in the world. Some of its collections Are among the most important anywhere so no matter where you drive in West Ger Many you re never far from a first class automobile museum. Last week we listed the most important automobile museums in 15 euro Pean nations today it s West Germany s turn with 37 listings. The germans and the French were the first nations to pursue the idea of a work Able horseless Carriage and credit generally goes to the germans for producing the first functioning gasoline powered car. Most automotive historians cite the Benz three Wheeler As the world s first genuine car. Powered by a one Cylinder engine of three quarters horsepower it was built and driven by Karl Benz of Mannheim in 1885. Benz received a German Patent in january of 1886. His famous contemporary Gottlieb Daimler of Cannstatt amazingly the two never metals produced his first car in 1885 and patented it in 1886. These two men therefore Are co credited with creating the original vehicles from which the entire modern Auto.,. Is Gus Schottle american land Speed record car in German museum the Blue flame at Sinsheim s Auto and Technik. Mobile Industry is descended. You May see these first two cars i your museum visits the Benz car in the Deutscher museum in Munich an Daimler s car in the Daimler Benz museum at Stuttgart. Along with Daimler and Benz the German technician Nikolaus Augu totto was the key Man in the development of the gasoline burning engine while another German Rudolf diesel invented the engine that bears his name. So the germans have it All when it comes to automobiles. If racing cars Are your main interest there Are no shortages of museums in this category. The Daimler Benz museum the porsche museum at Stuttgart Zug Fenhaus sen and the new Rosso Bianco collection at Aschaffenbur All feature some of the world s great racing cars. Two museums located directly on racetracks include the motor sport museum at Bockenheim and the Ren sport museum at the curb urging. These museums Are fairly new and both include Good size collections of famous racing cars and motorcycles plus films about racing and histories of the tracks. As you can Sec by the Long list below there is much to Sec and car buffs in Germany will never Lack for entertain ment. Museum admission prices for adult Range from 3 to 10 Marks or about $1.65 to $5.50. At Many museums Mercedes porsche and Bow  admission is free. Randy Barnet Auto columnist a Schaffenburg Rosso Bianco collection Ober Nauer Strasse 125, 8750 Aschaffenbur signs in City Mark the Way. This Large and extremely attractive museum opened two years ago. It features a Superb Assembly of More than 200 racing cars and sports cars ranging from a 1906 Brasier to a Mclaren Chevrolet can am sports car. The museum which has a cafeteria is open daily except mondays from 10 . To 6 . Bad Oey Hausen Nord Deutscher Auto und to Torra museum Wese Strasse 225, 4970 bad Oey Hausen 1 v. About 150 cars and More than 200 motorcycles Are on display. Among the various makes is one of the first steam cars Ever produced plus Early cars from Maybach Horch and Mercedes. Also featured Are racing cars. Open March through october from 10 . To 6 . And from november through february from 1 to 5  closed mondays. Bad Rothenfeld Auto museum bad Rothen Lelide Par Strasse 79, 4502 bad Rothenfeld town is located Southeast of Osnabrock. About 40 cars and motorcycles plus technical Auto motive equipment. Open daily from 1 0 . To 6 . Berlin museum fur Technik und Vermehr Trebbin Strasse 9, Berlin. Located in the West Berlin District of Kreuzberg this museum features transport communications Energy and data technology. More than 150 vehicles including steam cars Are on display in the transport division area. Open tuesdays through sundays from 10 . To 5 ., and to 7 . On wednesdays. V no nem Auto museum Stoery Ortstein Stoery a us Bockenek 1 2 Southwest of Sal Gitter. Collection of Small cars the main ones from the imme Diate Post world War ii Era. About 60 cars and More than 30 motorcycles scooters and mopeds. Open april through october on saturdays sundays and Merman holidays from 10 . To noon and from 1 to 6 a Aysen Pilsen Auto museum Bruchhausen Pilsen 2814 Bruchhausen Pilsen. Thram us 2s aus 5" do splat in he museum located near me museum Baumhof Assendorf. Open May through june on sundays Only from 10 . M a saturdays and Here Are 37 of the top ones onj7 aut0 und Motorka museum Bleich route bios Burgau 6ast of gunzbur9 on National abreTthan.30 Vetera cars from 1902 Onward and German a Tor cycles dating from 1926 Onward. Both Merman and foreign made vehicles on display. Open daily from 10 . To 5 . N Schnaufer stall  Hausen Sal Zach. Re 1� automobiles saturdays rom 2 to 5 ., and on Sun Strauss ban cot Veterane Fah Zeug Hof Grafe Wiese Menh 15 Miles Sou Nast of Osnabrock. Heres on fhe steam a. With a iar9e collect and steam i com 3 to 6 3� Seum Raule automobile my up Atteln annl Urmah Raule Haup Strasse 130, 6239 West of franftehau8en in the Taurus mountains North a � Frankfurt on National route b455. More than ?,expajdln9 and excellent museum Are incl m�blle8 rom the Vears 1898 to 1951 Inri Girtin x  Iro the Are on inf a Many s on a 8team car. Seven motorcycles Cycle p y including