Albert de Gingins

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Gingins with dogs at the Elberfeld exhibition, 1910

Louis Henri Albert de Gingins et d'Eclépens (born July 26, 1859 in the castle of Gingins ; † August 5, 1911 in Bad Nauheim ), also known as Baron von Gingins , was a Swiss-German cynologist and co-founder of the organized German dog industry.

Gingins came from the Vaudois patrician family de Gingins . He was married to Hélène Sophie Cornelia Touchon from Hohenau since 1882 . In 1890 he met Eduard Korthals in Biebesheim , the first breeder of Griffon Korthals . He joined the German Griffon Club, where he campaigned for a centrally kept stud book , and after Korthals' death in 1896 continued his breeding efforts. His dogs have received multiple awards.

In 1906, Gingins, in cooperation with the borzoi breeder Ernst von Otto, brought together the eight most important German breed clubs in Frankfurt am Main , where these clubs merged to form the cartel of studbook- keeping special clubs for hunting and working dogs , which would later become the Association for the German Dog Industry . Gingins was the first president of this umbrella organization from 1906 until his death .

Gingins left the Griffon Club 60,000 gold marks in his will . This honored him with a commemorative coin that could be awarded for special breeding achievements. Today the Association for the German Canine Industry awards breeders in Germany, breeders of German dog breeds or show judges the Baron von Gingins Memorial Medal as its highest honor.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ansgar Wildermann: Gingins, de. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ^ Baron von Gingins commemorative medal on the VDH website
personal data
SURNAME Gingins, Albert de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gingins et d'Eclépens, Louis Henri Albert de; Gingins, Baron of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss-German dog breeder and founder of the German dog industry
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Gingins
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1911
Place of death Bad Nauheim