Davertnickel

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Davertnickel
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Important data
Origin: Germany
Main breeding area: Davert
Distribution: extinct
Stick measure : up to 152 cm
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Main application area: Draft horse in agriculture and the military

The Davertnickel were one in the wild Davert living domestic horses race that is extinct since the early 19th century.

Background information on horse evaluation and breeding can be found under: Exterior , interior and horse breeding .

Exterior

There is only an approximate picture of the Davertnickel left to be reconstructed: They are said to have been of stocky shape and reached a height of 152 cm. The Davertnickel were not a constant breed, but a Landschlag , probably with a resemblance to the Emscherbrüch and the small horses from the central and south-eastern parts of the Münsterland . The peculiarity of the Davertnickel is said to have been their extraordinarily hard hooves, which made no shoeing necessary.

interior

According to today's interpretation, the name part "–nickel" indicates stubbornness or even a certain malicious streak, but in the original Grimmian sense it also describes a small, merely unsightly horse.

Breeding history

Since at least 1339 there have been “wild” horses in the Davert. This animal population was managed by regularly taking animals and selling them as work or military horses, for example at the horse market in Coesfeld . From 1767, Holstein and Danish stallions are said to have been incorporated into the stock. The last 18 Davertnickels raised in the wild were auctioned off in 1812 by Baron von Elverfeldt, called von Beverfoerde zu Werries . After that, the traces of this breed are lost.

Davert Forest Wilderness

Until around two centuries ago, the Davertnickel were widespread in the largely unpopulated heather and moorland landscape of the Davert at that time. This stretch of land between the villages of Davensberg , Venne , Ottmarsbocholt , Amelsbüren and Rinkerode was a mark used by a cooperative , in which there was a wild stud of around 3,400 ha. In the years 1821/1841 the mark was finally divided, reforested or made arable. With that, the habitat for "wild" horses also disappeared.

literature

  • Cordula Marx, Agnes Sternschulte (ed.): "... so free, so strong ..." Westphalian wild horses (= writings of the Westphalian Open Air Museum Detmold - State Museum for Folklore. Vol. 21). Klartext, Essen 2002, ISBN 3-89861-082-9 .