Keywords: Draisine or Laufmaschine, c. 1820 - Kurpfälzisches Museum der Stadt Heidelberg - Heidelberg, Germany - DSC01526.jpg Draisine also called Laufmaschine running machine from around 1820 The Laufmaschine was invented by the German Baron Karl von Drais in Mannheim in 1817 Being the first means of transport to make use of the two-wheeler principle the Laufmaschine is regarded as the archetype of the bicycle The above Draisine was built with cherry tree wood and softwood It is displayed at the Kurpfälzisches Museum in Heidelberg Germany Inv -No GH 98 2015-12-01 12 02 49 own Daderot other versions PD-old-100 cc-zero Draisine Kurpfälzisches Museum der Stadt Heidelberg |