Riding school

Painting of the Spanish Riding School by Canaletto , 1773

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A riding school was an institution at the court of a ruling house that was part of the court stables . It served the equestrian activity of the members of a ruling family. She took care of the instruction in the art of riding , the provision of horses and suitable rooms for riding , such as a riding school or a riding arena, and the training of the horses. Most of the facilities were also available to other (aristocratic) members of the court.

In keeping with the great importance of the horse as a means of transport , everything that had to do with riding and driving took an important place at the farms. In the baroque era , a riding school also served as representation.

Famous riding schools were or are, for example, in Versailles , the Spanish Riding School in Vienna or in Copenhagen . The building in Munich, now known as the Marstall , was only the riding house of the Riding School (a successor to the old tournament building located at the Hofgarten , which was demolished in 1822); the entire former Munich stables were bombed in World War II ; the current “Marstall” is a facade reconstruction.

The facilities were not available to a wider public. This may have contributed to the fact that after the end of the monarchies, most of the riding schools also disappeared, the importance of which for the art of riding was only recognized later. The exception is the Spanish Riding School in Vienna , which opened to the public after the end of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in 1918 and thus quickly achieved a popularity that ensured its continued survival.

In recent years, various “riding schools” have been founded, for example in Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) and Queluz (Portugal) and in the castle in Bückeburg (Germany).

Well-known riding schools

• the Spanish Riding School in Vienna (A)
• the Royal Andalusian Riding School in Jerez de la Frontera (E)
• the Portuguese Riding School in Belém , Lisbon (P)
• the Princely Riding School in Bückeburg (D)
• the Cadre Noir in Saumur (F)

Web links

• Spanish Riding School
• Royal Andalusian Riding School
• Portuguese Riding School
• Princely Riding School
• Cadre Noir

See also

• Equestrian facility
• Riding arena