Zweibrücker Warmblood
Zweibrücker Warmblood | |
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Important data | |
Origin: | Germany, 18th century |
Main breeding area: | Duchy of Palatinate |
Distribution: | Germany and USA |
Stick measure : | 160-170 cm |
Colors : | Browns, blacks, foxes and white horses |
Main application area: | Sport horse |
The Zweibrücker Warmblood is a German horse breed .
Background information on horse evaluation and breeding can be found under: Exterior , interior and horse breeding .
Exterior / interior
The Zweibrücker is a robust, physically and mentally resilient as well as fertile warm-blooded horse in the type of the German riding horse . Characteristics are a pronounced gender type with quite different caliber. Correct, hard-working, rhythmic and expansive basic gaits with a slight "knee action" as well as skillful, capable and deliberate jumping, which reveals serenity and intelligence, are desirable . The Zweibrücker should be uncomplicated, sociable, at the same time enthusiastic, nervous and reliable, make an alert, intelligent impression and show good character traits and a relaxed, balanced temperament through his appearance and behavior. He is rideable, versatile, willing and able to perform for all kinds of riding and sports, especially for the disciplines of dressage , jumping , versatility and driving . It is available in all basic colors with the exception of cremellos in a height of around 160 to 180 cm.
Breeding history
With the establishment of the Zweibrücken State Stud, Christian IV , Duke of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, laid the foundation stone for orderly horse breeding in today's federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . From the native warmblood horses , originally influenced by the English thoroughbred and the Arab , it was possible to breed a riding horse for the cavalry and for courier services, which at the end of the 18th century also influenced Trakehnen's horse breeding . With the establishment of various small racing courses (first official horse race in Zweibrücken in 1821 ) in the region, the influence of the English thoroughbred on the breeding of the Zweibrücken breed has been preserved to this day.
In the 19th century, especially Anglo-Normans stallions strengthened state horse breeding for the increasingly necessary use in agriculture. In the process of rebreeding to the modern riding horse, the close relationship with the Trakehner was first remembered after the Second World War . Later stallions of Hanoverian descent were preferred. Today Holstein horses are also used in horse breeding, which emphasizes jumping .
Breeding organization
The horse breeding association Rhineland-Palatinate-Saar is based in the horse center in Standenbühl . This is where the stud book is kept . The association is subdivided into the two district associations Rhineland-Nassau in the north and Rheinhessen-Pfalz-Saar in the south. In practice, the breeders are looked after by the local horse breeding associations, which work in cooperation with the horse breeding association and organize the registration of mares and foals.
See also
literature
- Hans-Dieter Nebe: The Zweibrücker and his stud. 250 years of the Zweibrücken State Stud. Conrad + Bothner, Zweibrücken 2005. ISBN 3-924171-51-3 .