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 nameEnglish name if usedImageNotes
Aegidienberger[1]
Arenberg-Nordkirchner[2]Arenberg-Nordkirchen
Alt-Württemberger[1][2]
Bayerisches Warmblut[1]Bavarian Warmblood
Brandenburger Warmblut[1]Brandenburger
Deutsches Reitpferd[1]German Riding Horse
Deutsches Classic Pony[1]German Classic Pony
Deutsches Part-Bred Shetland Pony[1] German Part-Bred Shetland Pony
Deutsches Pinto Barockpferd[1]
Deutsches Polopferd[1]
Deutsches Reitpony[1]German Riding Pony
Deutsches Sportpferd[1]German Sport Horse
Dülmener[1][2]
Edelbluthaflinger[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 WarmbloodMerged with Hanoverian in 2009
Holsteiner Warmblut[1]Holsteiner
Internationales Oldenburger Springpferd[1]
Kleines Deutsches Pony[1]
Kleines Deutsches Reitpferd[1]
Lehmkuhlener[2]
Leonharder[1]
Leutstettener[1][2]
Lewitzer[1]
Mecklenburger Warmblut[1]Mecklenburger
Oldenburger Warmblut[1]Oldenburger
Ostpreußisches Warmblut Trakehner Abstammung[1]TrakehnerBreeding 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]Rhinelander
Rottaler[1][2]
Sachsen-Anhaltiner Warmblut[1]
Sächsisches Warmblut[1]see Sächsisch-Thüringisches Schweres Warmblut
Sächsisch-Thüringisches Schweres Warmblut[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
TarpanHeck HorseWas 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Breeds reported by Germany: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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.