Lipica Stud
Coordinates: 45 ° 39 '59.2 " N , 13 ° 52' 55.4" E
The Lipica Stud is a stud in the Lipica district (Italian: Lipizza ) in the Sežana municipality in Slovenia , not far from the Italian border. The district is the namesake for the white Lipizzaner horses. Lipica is one of the most popular destinations for excursions in the Karst region.
history
The history of the stud is closely linked to that of the Lipizzaner and goes back to the 16th century. The stud was founded by Archduke Karl around 1580 , because the Habsburg nobility repeatedly wanted horses for parade appearances. The breeding of the snow-white Lipizzaners was already very successful in the beginning. It was a cross between Andalusian stallions and local mares. Their erudition and robustness first brought the horses to Vienna for dressage purposes, later they were mainly demonstrated in the Spanish Riding School at the imperial court.
With the outbreak of the First World War , the horses had to be evacuated and came via detours mainly to the Austrian Federal Stud Piber and the Italian State Stud in Monterotondo . The stud in Lipizza was only able to recover from this loss after a long time and meanwhile has a successful breeding program of Lipizzans again.
sightseeing
Guided tours are offered in different languages at set times in the stud. A tour of the extensive grounds is possible by means of a carriage. There are also demonstrations of the classic Lipizzaner dressage riding school, which are accompanied by music and in which, among other things, capers are shown. Riding lessons and guided rides are also offered.
literature
- Heinz Nürnberger: On the trail of the Lipizzaner . Olms Ag, Hildesheim 1998, ISBN 3-487-08393-0 .
- Heinz Nürnberger: The Lipizzaner . Westarp Sciences Magdeburg 1993, ISBN 3-89432-404-X .
- Martin Haller: Lipizzaner . Cadmos Verlag Brunsbek 2003, ISBN 3-86127-384-5 .
- Ilona Kirsch: Lipizzaner - individualists for idealists - a breed portrait apart from glitz and glamor . Fruehtau-Verlag Kiel, ISBN 3-9808715-1-7 .
- Georg Kugler, Wolfdieter Bihl : The Lipizzaner of the Spanish Riding School. Pichler, Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3-85431-284-0 .
- Frank Westerman : The Fate of the White Horses. Another 20th century story. Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-406-63088-0
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Lipica: Tradicija, ki živi: Living tradition . Advertising brochure of the stud
- ^ History of the stud and the Lipizzaner: Important historical milestones: 20th century. lipica.org (accessed April 1, 2016).
