I Prinz-Heinrich Fahrt

9-17 June 1908


Program and route:
8-6: Arrival and weighing of the cars in Berlin
9-6: Berlin - Stettin (currently Szczecin in Poland), 308.6 km
10-6: Stettin - Kiel, 392.2 km
11-6: Rest day in Kiel
12-6: Kiel - Hamburg, 318 km, including speed trial between Hohenwestedt and Itzehoe, 9 km
13-6: Rest day in Hamburg
14-6: Hamburg - Hannover, 313.9 km
15-6: Hannover - Köln, 330.3 km
16-6: Köln - Trier, 253.3 km
17-6: Trier - Frankfurt am Main, 288 km, including hill climb between Bacharach and Rheinböllen, 6 km
Total distance: 2201.3 km

Entry list (entrants are from Germany unless stated):
Nr Entrant Driver (where known) Car  
1 Bernhard Stoewer Jr.   Stoewer p
2 Emil Stoewer   Stoewer  
3 Martin Ehrhardt   Metallurgique  
4 Edmund Alexander Philippi (Gbr)   Lorraine-Dietrich  
5 S.J. Edge (Gbr)   Napier p
6 Gustav Langen   Deutz p
7 Gustav Langen   Deutz  
8 Gustav Langen   Deutz  
9 Ettore Bugatti   Deutz  
10 Otto Hermann Fritzsche   Opel Not started
11 Victor Boelcke   Argus Not started
12 Carl Schmitz   Benz  
13 Benno Brauda   Darracq p
14 Theodor Dreher (Aut)   Mercedes Not started
15 Hermann Weingand   Mercedes Not started
16 Alfred Heinz (Esp)   Opel Not started
17 Hugo Holtz   Opel  
18 Carl Opel   Opel  
19 Georg Günther   Presto-Rapid  
20 Hans Widner (Sui)   Safir Not started
21 Ernst Bittner (Aut)   Süddeutsche AF  
22 August Euler   Opel p
23 Walter Mitscherlich   Brasier p
24 Hans Richter   Spa  
25 Alfred Teves   Adler  
26 Edgar Ladenburg * Benz 6th overall, Preis der Stadt Kiel
27 Dr. James von Bleichröder   Protos  
28 Prinz Franz Joseph von Bragança (Aut)   Protos p
29 Oskar Heymann   Protos p
30 Rudolf Ullstein   Protos p
31 Julius Beutler   Martini p
32 H. Buchholz   Adler p
33 Richard Wolff   Adler  
34 Curt von Dambrowski   Benz Not started
35 von Dulong   Benz  
36 Fritz Dahmen   Dixi  
37 Georg Schwarz   Dixi Not started
38 Heinrich Wagner   Dixi p
39 E.E.C. Mathis   Fiat  
40 Otto Marx   Itala  
41 B. Flinsch * Mercedes 10th overall, Stellinpreis
42 W. Jochems (Ned) * Mercedes 9th overall, Preis der Stadt Bremen
43 A. von Lüde   Mercedes p
44 Willy Pöge * Mercedes 2nd overall, Preis der Stadt Frankfurt
45 Florian Rendel (Gbr)   Mercedes p
46 Max Wild   Mercedes p
47 August Rütgers   Neue AG p
48 Eugen Soyter   Neue AG p
49 Robert C. Westerman (Sui)   Peugeot Not started
50 Hans Dorndorf   Renault p
51 Emil Jeannin   Sun p
52 H.I. Lüttich   Sun p
53 L.H. Bahlsen   Züst  
54 Wolfram Eschebach   Züst Not started
55 Waldemar Schlosshauer   Züst  
56 Herzog Ludwig in Bayern   Metallurgique p
57 Ernst Büssing   Metallurgique p
58 H. Treuherz   Dixi p
59 Paul Dädrich   Panhard & Levassor p
60 Nikolaus Dürkopp   Dürkopp  
61 Karl Friedrich von Esmarch   Dürkopp  
62 Hans Burger   Berliet p
63 E. Chahancon (Fra)   Berliet  
64 Edmond Tissot   Berliet p
65 Fritz Opel   Opel p
66 Heinrich Opel   Opel p
67 Frau M. Grützner   Mercedes  
68 Fritz Erle * Benz 1st overall, Wanderpreis des Prinzen Heinrich (Challenge Trophy of Prinz Heinrich)
69 Prinz Alfons von Isenburg   Benz  
70 Carl Neumaier   Benz  
71 Richard Spitzner   Benz p
72 Christian Schmitz   Benz  
73 Carl von Axelson   Horch p
74 Frau G. Eisenmann   Horch  
75 Robert Magerle   Horch  
76 P. Arthur Rowald   Horch  
77 H.S. Meyer   Lloyd p
78 Josef Vollmer   Lloyd p
79 Hermann Münz   Neue AG p
80 Adolf Lissner   Darracq  
81 Landrat von Marx   Opel p
82 Walter Selve   Opel p
83 Freiherr von Entress-Fürsteneck   Adler  
84 Karl Heimstädt   Adler p
85 Franz Heine   Adler  
86 Carl Löhr * Adler 5th overall, Preis des Frankfurter Automobil-Club
87 A. Paul Paul Geller Adler 3rd overall, Preis der Stadt Lübeck
88 Hugo Remy de Neufville   Adler p
89 August Schmierer   Adler p
90 F. Wandesleben   Adler p
91 Amedé Hamoir (Bel)   Protos  
92 Frau L. Sternberg   Protos p
93 Hans Aschoff   Metallurgique p
94 Otto Aschoff   Metallurgique Not started
95 Baron Gerard Nothomb (Bel)   Metallurgique p
96 Heinrich Cifka (Boh)   Minerva Not started
97 Arthur Henney   Minerva  
98 Alexander Prinz zu Hohenlohe Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst-Kaunitz (Boh)   Minerva p
99 Anton Kienle   Minerva  
100 Willy D. Jessurun   Nagant  
101 Emil Mennecke   Adler p
102 Alfred Ginzkey   Raf p
103 Hugo von Klinger   Raf  
104 Oskar von Klinger   Raf p
105 Freiherr Theodor von Liebig   Raf Not started
106 Friedrich Mey   Neue AG  
107 Heinrich Wilkens   Neue AG p
108 Carl Metzger   Metallurgique p
109 Fritz Beschke   Dürkopp p
110 C. Deilmann   Dürkopp  
111 Paul Fliess   Dürkopp p
112 Otto Rose   Dürkopp p
113 Berhard Sauerwein   Dürkopp  
114 Hans Weichsel   Dürkopp p
115 Paul Ziegenbein   Dürkopp  
116 Max Hering   Rex-Simplex p
117 Carl Richard   Rex-Simplex p
118 Franz Knecht   Süddeutsche AC p
119 Rudolf Notthafft   Süddeutsche AC p
120 F. Komnick   Komnick p
121 F. Komnick   Komnick p
122 Artur Migeod   Komnick p
123 H. von Kempski-Racoszyn   Windhoff p
124 Ernst Windhoff   Windhoff  
125 Dr. Ludwig Opel   Opel p
126 Wilhelm Opel   Opel p
127 Max Bauer   Victoria  
128 A. Sporkhorst (Bel)   Hansa  
129 Eduard Küchler   Martini  
130 Adrien G. Piedboeuf (Bel)   Imperia Not started
131 Adrien G. Piedboeuf (Bel)   Imperia  
132 Wilhelm Rings   Stoewer  
133 Heinrich Bender   Polyphon Not started
134 Richard Benz   Benz p
135 Ludwig Zimmern B. v. Lengerke Benz 4th overall, Preis der Stadt Köln
136 A. Horch * Horch 7th overall, Preis der Stadt Hamburg
137 Alfred Kathe   Horch p
138 Freiherr von Löw   Horch p
139 Dr. Stöss   Horch 8th overall, Preis der Stadt Hannover
140 Alexander Graf Kolowrat (Aut)   Laurin & Klement p
141 G. Banzhaf   Neckarsulm  
142 Emil Lansche   Neckarsulm  
143 Ernst Schömperlen   Süddeutsche AF p
144 Georg Wiss   Süddeutsche AF p
* Car driven by entrant      
p Awarded a commemorative plaquette      

 

Results of the special trials

Speed trial of Itzehoe

1 Fritz Erle Benz 4.42,8 Preis der Prinzessin Heinrich von Preussen
2 Willy Pöge Mercedes 4.24,8 (it's faster than Erle…, probably due to the points system used (see below)) Preis des Grossherzogen von Mecklenburg-Strelitz
3 Paul Geller Adler 5.07,2 Preis des Verkehrsvereins Kiel

Hill climb of Bacharach

1
 Fritz Erle Benz 4.27,2 Preis des Grossherzogen von Hessen
2
 Willy Pöge Mercedes 5.15,6 Preis der Erbprinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen
3
 Paul Geller Adler 5.56,6 Preis der Stadt Trier

 

Country abbreviations:

Aut Austria-Hungary
Boh Bohemia (officially part of Austria-Hungary, but also at the Olympic Games they had a separate delegation)
Bel Belgium
Ned Netherlands
Gbr Great Britain
Fra France
Sui Switzerland
Esp Spain

Probably in the entry list not the nationality of the drivers, but their residence at the time of entering is given.
 

Eligible cars

The event is open for 4 and 6 cylinder cars with a capacity of 227 to 679 cc. The cars must have completed at least 2000 km in ownership of a member of an internationally recognized Automobile Club before the start. The cars must be fourseaters and must have a police permit for the participation in traffic on public roads. No advertising is allowed on the cars.
 

Points system


Source: Braunbeck's Sport Lexicon Automobilismus, Braunbeck-Gutenberg AG, Berlin 1910. Used book is a reprint of the edition of 1910, Druckhaus Berlin-Mitte, Berlin 1994.