List of German horse breeds

This is a list of some of the breeds of horse considered in Germany to be wholly or partly of German origin. In 2014 there were 151 horse breeds reported to DAD-IS by Germany, many of them imported from other parts of the world. Only those breeds with some history of development within present-day Germany are listed below. Inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively German.[1]

German name English name if used Image Notes
Aegidienberger[1]
Arenberg-Nordkirchner[2] Arenberg-Nordkirchen
Alt-Württemberger [de][1][2]
Bayerisches Warmblut[1] Bavarian Warmblood
Brandenburger Warmblut[1] Brandenburger
Deutsches Reitpferd[1] German Riding Horse [de]
Deutsches Classic Pony[1] German Classic Pony
Deutsches Part-Bred Shetland Pony[1] German Part-Bred Shetland Pony [de]
Deutsches Pinto Barockpferd[1]
Deutsches Polopferd[1]
Deutsches Reitpony[1] German Riding Pony
Deutsches Sportpferd[1] German Sport Horse [de]
Dülmener[1][2]
Edelbluthaflinger [de][1] German-bred Haflingers with 1.56% to 25% Arab blood
Hannoveraner Halbblut[1]
Hannoveraner Warmblut[1] Hanoverian
Hannoversches Kaltblut Schleswiger Ursprungs[1] Since 2012 a sub-population of the Schleswig Coldblood[3]
Hessisches Warmblut[1] Hessian Warmblood [de] Merged with Hanoverian in 2009
Holsteiner Warmblut[1] Holsteiner
Internationales Oldenburger Springpferd[1]
Kleines Deutsches Pony[1]
Kleines Deutsches Reitpferd [de][1]
Lehmkuhlener [de][2]
Leonharder[1]
Leutstettener [de][1][2]
Lewitzer [de][1]
Mecklenburger Warmblut[1] Mecklenburger
Oldenburger Warmblut[1] Oldenburger
Ostpreußisches Warmblut Trakehner Abstammung[1] Trakehner Breeding at the Trakehnen stud ended in October 1944; the present German-language name means roughly "East Prussian Warmblood of Trakehner origin"
Pfalz-Ardenner[1]
Rheinisch Deutsches Kaltblut[1][2] Rhenish German Coldblood
Rheinisches Warmblut[1] Rhenish Warmblood
Rottaler[1][2]
Sachsen-Anhaltiner Warmblut[1]
Sächsisches Warmblut[1] see Sächsisch-Thüringisches Schweres Warmblut
Sächsisch-Thüringisches Schweres Warmblut [de][4]
Schleswiger Kaltblut[1][2] Schleswig Coldblood
Schwarzwälder Kaltblut[1][2] Black Forest Horse
Schweres Warmblut[1] Heavy warmblood
Schweres Warmblut / Ostfriesisch-Altoldenburgisch[1][2] Ostfriesen and Alt-Oldenburger
Senner[1][2]
Süddeutsches Kaltblut[1] South German Coldblood
Tarpan[citation needed] Heck Horse Was created at Berlin Zoo; it is not reported to DAD-IS, nor listed as endangered by the Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen
Thüringer Warmblut[1] see Sächsisch-Thüringisches Schweres Warmblut
Traber[1] Trotter
Warmblut des Zuchtverbandes für deutsche Pferde[1]
Warmblutschecken[1]
Westfälisches Warmblut[1] Westphalian
Württemberger Warmblut[1] Württemberger
Zweibrücker Warmblut[1] Zweibrücker

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au Breeds reported by Germany: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rote Liste der GEH e.V. Archived 16 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in German). Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen. Accessed January 2017.
  3. ^ Endangerment Status according to EAAP. Zentrale Dokumentation Tiergenetischer Ressourcen in Deutschland (TGRDEU). Retrieved November 2014.
  4. ^ Rassebeschreibung Pferd: Sächsisch-Thüringisches Schweres Warmblut (in German). Zentrale Dokumentation Tiergenetischer Ressourcen in Deutschland (TGRDEU). Accessed November 2014.