Glan Cattle

The Glanrind is a traditional breed of the domestic cow, which is predominantly located in Rhineland- Palatinate. In the meantime, almost extinct primarily because of the changed requirements, there are nearly 2,000 animals today. Breeder lead as advantages of this breed especially versatile maintenance and utilization possibilities, where today a greater emphasis is placed on the meat performance.

Glanrinder have a height at the withers 140-145 cm ( bulls) and 135-140 cm ( cows) and a weight 1000-1200 kg ( bulls) or 600-750 kg ( cows). Important breeding objective is also the single-colored yellowish fur.

History

Today's breed of Glanviehs founded Duke Christian IV of Palatinate -Zweibrücken with the Körverordnung of 12 September 1773 which called for the improvement of the native red small country cattle by bulls of the Simmental and Bernerhöhe cattle. Already in 1762 had the import of Swiss cattle started, so that the beginning of the Glanviehzucht can be applied here.

Now developed two different cattle blows on Thunder Mountain and Glan; in addition to the lightweight, high-yielding dairy Glanrind also a heavy work cattle, Donnersberger. In the 19th century was created by mixing ( that time was called the "blood replacement " ) of both the Glan- Donnersberger, which was carried out in the Hunsrück, Westerwald and Eifel mountains.

First breeding associations were (from about 1880) founded in the late 19th century. The first for the Glanrind 1895 in Meisenheim am Glan and the first for the Glan- Donnersberger beef 1878 in Quirnbach / Pfalz, which thus also the first local breeding organization for the Glan- Donnersberger race ever was. Besides emerged for both sub- beats many small breed associations, the turn of the 20th century by two large organizations found only their merger. So the same Breeders' Association was established in 1898 for the Glan- Donnersberger beef founded and based in Kaiserslautern, while the company merged the local breed associations to association the Rhineland Glanviehzuchtgenossenschaften based in Trier for the Glanrind until 1912. In the beginning of the Third Reich, this rather weak association was strengthened by streamlining its organization, which in 1934 was renamed the Association of the Rhineland Glanviehzüchter. (Note: An association with this name or similar name, there is no more today. )

In the 1920s it began to implement in 1912 derived from the plan year and started the new blood through the yellow francs beef. This breeding measure is not to be equated with a crossbreeding. A decade later, the breed received on milk yield priority in the breeding goal. The work rate, formerly one of the advantages of the race, was becoming less relevant and ranked now still behind the meat performance in third place. To improve the milk yield of the Red Danish dairy cattle was crossed from about 1950, which either resulted in the loss of good milk or a good meat performance. Since the active breeding population was simply too small to anchor the existing plants genetically quite an appealing both for milk and meat for an excellent performance, the decline of the race began. The Palatine Association preferred to increase the milk yield in the breeding goal, which resulted in the displacement of the old crossing Glan- Donnersberger from 1970 with the angler beef. To the north of Trier Association sought salvation in the cross-breeding with the yellow francs, although the increased meat yield, but meant a sharp decline in terms of milk yield. 1967, purebreds has been set. 1972, dissolved the association the Rhineland Glanviehzüchter.

1984 and 1985, the Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Glanrindes was launched. Looking for Glanrindern old type only 25 cows were discovered, including only four purebred. Live pure-bred bulls no longer existed, but frozen semen was stored from bulls that met not only in the phenotype of the race, but also resulted in up to 25% and 72% respectively Glanblut Lahn- Glanblut; Sperm of a purebred Glanbullen was no longer there unfortunately. Therefore particularly bulls related breeds with Glanblutanteilen were used (eg Dt. Gelbvieh, Lahn beef, Glan- Donnersberger Rotvieh ) To preserve the breed.

In various associations, the breed of Glanrinds is operated today. Special emphasis you place your meat on the performance. Notable stocks are in Rhineland -Palatinate, Saarland and North Rhine -Westphalia.