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 [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 without 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 Merged 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] Oldenburg horse
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 [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 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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 Breeds reported by Germany: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 Rote Liste der GEH e.V. (in German). Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen. Accessed November 2014.
  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.