Württemberger
Victoria Winter with the Württemberg Warmblood proton on the Kentucky Cup 2010
The Württemberg Warmblood - even Baden -Württemberg - is a warmblood horse breed house, bred mainly in the main and the Marbach state stud. Your original cultivar is known today as Altwürttemberger.
Background information on the evaluation and breeding horses can be found at: exterior, interior and horse breeding.
Exterior
The modern Württemberg is a typical German Sporthorse, which largely corresponds to the exterior the defined breeding goal of German warmblood associations. The breeding objective is described as follows: Desirable is the appearance of an elegant, großlinigen and harmonious riding horse. The imprint of precious blood shall be reflected in a dry, expressive head, a great eye, gutgeformter Collar, plastic muscling and correct, clear limbs. Breeding stallions and mares should have a clear gender expression. When size is the Baden -Württemberg Stud before 160-177 cm shoulder height, as colors are foxes, bay, black, gray and dappled admitted.
Although it has been grown in Baden- Württemberg in recent years very strongly with Hanoverian, Holsteiner and Oldenburg stallions, one sees many Wurttembergers to still have that in the Umzuchtphase from light workhorse for modern riding horse very many Trakehner stallions were in use. You have the Württemberg due to the often very noble heads. In addition, Arabian stallions were used in Württemberg again and again, who inherited hardness and nobility.
Interior
The Württemberg is a sensitive, both for riding as suitable for the driving sport horse that is known for his stamina and good rideability.
Breeding history
The origin and breeding of Württembergers is closely connected with the history of today's Main and State Stud in Marbach. The stud was founded as a royal stud in 1460 by Count Eberhard V and taken over by his son Christopher, who is goal for 1554 and defined as a breeding goal to improve the country's hitherto inferior breeding.
Over the centuries, the stud farm changed hands several times and its owner, depending on the commitment and expertise of each Duke both the number of horses and their quality varied greatly.
In the years 1744 to 1793 worked in the Marbach Stutmeister Georg Hartmann, who must be regarded by his skill as a healing counterpoint to the then owner Carl Eugen, who was very active but also very fickle.
The stud book and thus the systematic breeding truly began in 1895. Originally breeding goal was a tough workhorse that should be next to it suitable as a riding horse. First Arab stallions were crossed with local mares. The cold -blooded breeds Suffolk and Clydesdales were used in the short term in order to achieve a stronger caliber, but soon played no role more in the development of the breed. Stronger influence had Oldenburg, Vernier and Normans.
However, the consolidation of the race was not until the mid-19th century by the country equerry von Hofacker, whose success have preceded many experiments. By importing and breeding of the two Normans stallions Comet and fist, presented themselves with resounding inheritance, the breakthrough for the breed of Württembergers.
After the Second World War, the need for working animals fell drastically in favor of machines. The former equerry Dr. Georg Wenzler was able then to buy the stallion, who was to become the progenitor of today's Württemberg Warmblood: Julmond. The Trakehner was no longer be young, when, after long lunatics and confusion - he had met, among others, in Warendorf in Westphalia - breeding, but they were not taken - came into the main and the Marbach state stud, but brought his sons Cupid and Lothar with that together the hitherto somewhat heavy Württemberg finished with him.
Altwürttemberger
The original medium-weight horses are bred under the name Altwürttemberger of a few holders on. Although this breed is in danger of extinction, it is every once in a stallion for the country breeding, such as the Altwürttemberger Abendruf, who for many years as an action trotter at the horse shows the main and State Stud Marbach made quite a splash and has also made some very good dressage horses.
Development in recent years
At the end of the 20th century came more other Warmblood breeds, especially Holstein, used to improve the framework, caliber and jumping ability of Württembergers on. For this purpose, a refinement phase has now reinstated in the stud, which is particularly marked by xx thoroughbreds as heraldry.