Schwetzinger Relaishaus
Former coaching inn in Rheinau, today a district of Mannheim, Germany.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| It’s All About the Bike | Robert Penn | journey waypoint | Turn-point of Drais’s first ride in 1817. |
It’s All About the Bike: In Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels — Robert Penn (2010)
Source: It’s All About the Bike · It’s All About the Bike - In Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels · Readwise highlight
To prove his point, he rode from Mannheim, where he lived, to the Schwetzinger Relaishaus and back in an hour, along Baden’s best road. The same journey took three hours on foot.
- Role: journey waypoint
- In the book: To prove his running machine’s worth in 1817, Karl Drais rode from Mannheim to the Schwetzinger Relaishaus and back in an hour on Baden’s best road, against three hours on foot.
- Why it matters: The turn-point of the first reported ride on the bicycle’s ancestor. The book does not locate the inn; its site in Rheinau comes from Wikipedia (Karl Drais).