Max von Stephanitz
Max Emil Friedrich von Stephanitz (born December 30, 1864 in Dresden ; † April 22, 1936 there ) was a German dog breeder.
Life
Obeying the wishes of his family, he embarked on a career as an officer . During a maneuver he enthusiastically watched a dog working on a flock of sheep. He was impressed by the way the shepherds could direct the dog by shouting and signaling. This is where the roots of the decision to breed the German Shepherd lie . He began to look around among the existing plots of land. On January 15, 1898, he bought the 3-year-old male Hektor Linksrhein from the Frankfurt shepherd and breeder Friedrich Sparwasser. Von Stephanitz gave the male the name Horand von Grafrath ; this and his brother Luchs Sparwasser became the ancestors of all German Shepherds.
As a result of his efforts, the Association for German Shepherds was founded in Karlsruhe on April 22, 1899 , and he was its first president.
He was buried in the Trinity cemetery in Dresden .
Works
- The German Shepherd Dog in words and pictures. Association for German Shepherds, Munich 1901, online , (8th, revised edition. Fights, Jena 1932).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brigitte Korn, Hagen Treutmann (ed.): The large colored dog dictionary. Albert Müller, Rüschlikon-Zürich et al. 1977, ISBN 3-275-00665-7 , p. 342.
- ↑ Ulrich Klever : Knaur's large dog book. Approved special edition. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-8289-1553-1 , p. 217 ff .: German Shepherd.
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| SURNAME | Stephanitz, Max von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stephanitz, Max Emil Friedrich von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dog breeder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1936 |
| Place of death | Dresden |