Erzgebirge goat

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The Erzgebirg is a common goat breed , originally for life in the Erzgebirge between Saxony and Bohemia , located bred was. Originally there were different variants of it, such as gray mold, blue mold, black animals and piebalds in different colors. After crossing deer-colored Swiss goat breeds, a fawn-brown goat with a black eel line, black belly and black lower legs ("boots") was created. The goats are mostly polled.

An Erzgebirge goat with a fawn in Jägerhaus (Schwarzenberg) in the Ore Mountains

Goat farming in the Ore Mountains has existed for centuries. Undemanding in their keeping, these animals used almost everything they were offered. When the Turkish tax was levied in the 15th and 16th centuries, even goats were counted as taxable property. So owned z. B. in 1550 the 48 taxable old Schwarzenberg citizens 185 cows and 126 goats. The Erzgebirge chronist Christian Lehmann also mentions the importance of goat husbandry for the Erzgebirge population in his historical scene from 1699.

In the GDR this breed was able to keep for a long time, after which other breeds, especially the Franconian goat, were crossed in order to increase the milk yield . Today the Erzgebirge goat is no longer recognized as a genetically independent breed. The still existing specimens are assigned to the colorful German noble goat . Therefore, there have been no new subsidies for breeding since 2004. The Erzgebirge goat is now only listed as a "type" or "color" of the colorful German noble goat .

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  1. ↑ See: Ein Lob der Erzgebirgsziege In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter 3/2009

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