Austrian warmblood
| Austrian warmblood | |
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| Important data | |
| Origin: | Austria |
| Main breeding area: | Austria |
| Distribution: | Austria Germany |
| Stick measure : | from 160 cm |
| Colors : | all |
| Main application area: | Sport horse |
The Austrian Warmblood is a warm-blooded horse breed that goes back to the Old Austrian Warmblood .
Background information on horse evaluation and breeding can be found under: Exterior , interior and horse breeding .
Exterior
Austrian warm-blooded animals have a rather inconsistent exterior . In general, they have the same characteristics as the German riding horses. The aim is to have a medium-sized, practical sport horse that is suitable for dressage and jumping.
Breeding history
Warmblood breeding in Austria has always been subject to changing trends and has been heavily dependent on imports. In the Danube Monarchy, Hungary, Bohemia and Moravia were the main suppliers of military and civilian goods. The Old Austrian Warmblood was founded at the end of the 18th century by the establishment of a military stud horse club by Joseph von Cavallar , commissioned by Emperor Joseph II . The half-breed breeding was operated here with different tribes to which especially Furioso North Star , vernier , Przedswit, Gidran and Dahoman included. Numerous state studs of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy developed quickly, the most important stud was Radautz in today's Romania .
After the First World War , the Radautz horses were transferred to Austria in 1918 ; however, a large proportion also had to be sent to Hungary and the Czech Republic. 40–50 mares by Nonius and Furioso gathered here at the stud in Piber . In 1938 the mares from Piber, which was now a remontenamt, had to be surrendered.
After 1945, the remainder of the traditional breeds were kept in the Piber Federal Stud and in the Stadl-Paura Federal Stallion Office . At that time there were still 40 mother mares in Piber. Modern objectives required the reduction of the old stock and the increased use of imported stallions, almost exclusively from Germany, including the Hanoverian stallion Ferdinand.
In 1983 the warm blood herd in Piber was disbanded.
Today the Austrian warmblood breeding has only a few breeding horses with old Austrian blood components. Some broodmares were bought from Germany. In 1985 the number of Austrian warmblood mares was 2668 out of a total of 14098 mares. The breeding of the Austrian warmblood was based essentially on the stallion stable office in Stadl-Paura, which provided stallions for the three most important Austrian breeds, the Haflinger , the Noriker and the Austrian warmblood. After the federal stallion depot in Stadl-Paura was closed in 1994, the state stallions were taken over by state breeding associations and are now largely in private care.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Harvard University: Yearbook of the Bukovinian State Museum . ( archive.org [accessed February 14, 2018]).
- ↑ unknown library: Joseph's II. Travels to Galicia and Bukovina and their significance for the latter province . H. Pardini, 1895 ( archive.org [accessed February 19, 2018]).