Brandenburger

This article is about the horse breed. For the surname, see Brandenburger (surname). For the German special forces unit of World War II, see Brandenburgers. For other uses, see Brandenburg (disambiguation).
Brandenburger
Conservation status
Other names
  • Brandenburger Warmblut[3]
  • Brandenburg[3]
Country of originGermany
Use
Traits
Height
  • 162–177 cm[4]: 447 
Coloursolid colours[4]: 447 

The Brandenburger is a German breed of warmblood sport horse from the state of Brandenburg in north-eastern Germany. From the 1960s – when Brandenburg was in East Germany – it was included in the stud-book of the Edles Warmblut [de] or 'light warmblood'.[4]: 463 [5]: 169  Following the re-unification of Germany it again had its own stud-book. In 2003 it was included in the stud-book of the Deutsches Reitpferd [de], which also included the Sachsen-Anhaltiner Warmblut, the Sächsisches Warmblut [de] and the Thüringer Warmblut [de]; the Bavarian Warmblood, the Württemberger and the Zweibrücker were added to it in 2014.[6]

Like other German warmblood breeds, it is bred to compete in dressage, in show-jumping and in the three-day event.[7]: 188  The successful dressage mare Poetin was a Brandenburger.[8]

History

The Brandenburger originates in the Margraviate of Brandenburg, where horse-breeding is documented from the fifteenth century.[9] It is closely associated with the Hauptgestüt Neustadt [de], established in 1788 by the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm II in Neustadt, in the landkreis of Ostprignitz-Ruppin in north-western Brandenburg.[9][10][11] It was bred principally as a military mount.[7]: 188 

A breed association, the Verband Brandenburger Warmblutzüchter, was established in 1922, and a stud-book was started; the association was dissolved in 1949, after the end of the Second World War.[10] From the 1960s, when Germany was divided and Brandenburg was in East Germany, the Brandenburger and the Mecklenburger were merged in the stud-book of the Edles Warmblut [de] or 'light warmblood'; there was some cross-breeding with Hanoverian, Thoroughbred and Trakehner stock.[4]: 463 [5]: 169 

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the re-unification of Germany, a new association – the Pferdezuchtverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. – was formed; in 2007 this merged with the Pferdezuchtverband Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. to form the Pferdezuchtverband Brandenburg-Anhalt e.V.[10] From 2003 the Brandenburger was included in the stud-book of the Deutsches Reitpferd [de], which also included the Sachsen-Anhaltiner Warmblut, the Sächsisches Warmblut [de] and the Thüringer Warmblut [de]; to these the Bavarian Warmblood, the Württemberger and the Zweibrücker were added in 2014.[6]

In the early twenty-first century there were approximately 70 stallions and 1600 mares registered.[7]: 188 [2]

Characteristics

As with other European warmblood sport horses, the Brandenburger is bred for performance and not for specific physical characteristics. The horses usually stand between 162 and 177 cm at the withers and are solid-coloured apart from the usual white markings.[4]: 447 

Uses

Like other German warmblood breeds, the Brandenburger is bred to compete in dressage, in show-jumping and in the three-day event.[7]: 188  The successful dressage mare Poetin was of this breed.[8][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Breed data sheet: Brandenburger Warmblut / Germany (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2024.
  3. ^ a b Breed description: Brandenburg. Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. Archived 14 October 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d e Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  5. ^ a b Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2020). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties (sixth edition). Wallingford; Boston: CABI. ISBN 9781789241532.
  6. ^ a b Breed data sheet: Deutsches Sportpferd / Germany (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d Élise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). Horses of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691167206.
  8. ^ a b Katrin Bischoff (22 December 2005). Brandenburgs teuerstes Pferd ist tot (in German). Berliner Zeitung. Archived 8 May 2012.
  9. ^ a b History. Neustadt (Dosse): Pferdezuchtverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. Archived 10 October 2003.
  10. ^ a b c Geschichte. Neustadt (Dosse): Pferdezuchtverband Brandenburg-Anhalt e.V. Archived 21 June 2021.
  11. ^ a b Brandenburg State Studs Neustadt (Dosse). Neustadt (Dosse): Neustädter Gestüte. Accessed August 2024.
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