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Gesellschaft Zur Erhaltung Alter Und Gefährdeter Haustierrassen
The or GEH is a German national association for the conservation of historic and endangered domestic animal breeds. History The GEH was founded on 5 December 1981 in the Rottal, in Lower Bavaria in southern Germany. It has about 2100 members. Since it was founded, no domestic livestock breed has become extinct in Germany. Activities The GEH co-operates with other national and international organisations for the conservation of biodiversity. It publishes an annual Rote Liste or red list of endangered breeds of livestock, which attributes one of four categories of conservation risk to domestic breeds of cattle, dogs, goats, horses, pigs, rabbits and sheep, of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys, and of bees; listing of domestic pigeon breeds is in preparation. Some breeds from outside Germany are listed separately. The four levels of risk are: * I: ', "extremely endangered" * II: ', "seriously endangered" * III: ', "endangered" * ', "alert" The risk level is calculated usin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eingetragener Verein
An (; "registered association" or "incorporated association"), abbreviated (), is a legal status for a civil registration, registered voluntary association in Germany. While any group may be called a , registration as confers many legal benefits, because it confers the status of a juridical person rather than just a group of individuals. The legal status must be mentioned in the name as well. Like certain other corporate bodies, an can apply for the status of a charitable organization (). History The oldest known social club is ''La Court de Bonne Compagnie,'' established in London and mentioned in 1413. The club was set up by a group of devout Knights Templar, Templars for the purpose of "charitable causes". To represent the professional interests of Guild, craft and Guild, merchant guilds, societies or clubs were formed in the Middle Ages and Early modern period, Early Modern period, through which community and various social functional spaces (such as guild houses and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westphalian Chicken
Westphalian may refer to: * The culture or people of the Westphalia region of Germany * Westphalian language, one of the major dialect groups of West Low German * Westphalian sovereignty, a concept in international relations * Westphalian (stage), in geology * Westphalian ham Westphalian ham ( German: ''Westfälischer Schinken'') is a ham that was originally produced from acorn-fed pigs raised in the forests of Westphalia, Germany. The resulting meat is dry cured and then smoked over a mixture of beechwood and ju ... (Westfälischer Schinken) produced from acorn-fed pigs raised in Westphalia. The resulting meat is dry cured and then smoked over a mixture of beechwood and juniper branches. Animals * Westphalian horse, a warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region of western Germany * Westphalian chicken, old hardy landrace of chicken * Westphalian Dachsbracke, a small, short legged scenthound {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angeln Cattle
The Angeln is a breed of cattle originally from Angeln in Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ... where they are first mentioned around 1600, however some people think that they may have existed for over 5000 years. Breed management has been practiced since 1830. Angeln cattle are red in color and were one of the founders of the larger Danish Red Cattle breed. They are noted for the high milkfat level of their milk. Angeln cows produce an average 7570 kg (16,700 lb) of 4.81% fat milk. See also * List of German cattle breeds References External linksAngeln entryat Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University website Cattle breeds originating in Germany Animal breeds on the GEH Red List {{cattle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krüper
The Krüper () is a German breed of creeper chicken. It originates in the former Duchy of Berg, now the Bergisches Land in western Germany, and is one of three chicken breeds from that area, the others being the Bergische Kräher and the Bergische Schlotterkamm. It belongs to the group of original European creeper breeds. The breed has normal-sized and bantam varieties. History Creeper chickens have been known and described since Renaissance times at least. An early description is in the ''De avium natura'' of the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner of 1555. Chickens of this type were described and illustrated in the ''Monstrorum Historia'' of the Bolognese naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605), published posthumously in 1642 with text by Bartolomeo Ambrosini. In his ''The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication'' of 1868, Charles Darwin writes that creeper chickens were among the types described in a Chinese encyclopaedia compiled from earlier sources and pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergische Schlotterkamm
The Bergische Schlotterkamm () is an old and endangered German breed of domestic chicken. It originates from the Bergisches Land, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, and is one of three chicken breeds from that area, the others being the Bergische Kräher and the German creeper ("Krüper"). History The breed has been known since the eighteenth century and is probably the result of crossing imported Spanish birds with local Bergische Kräher stock. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the breed experienced competition from imported multi-purpose breeds such as the Minorca, and became almost extinct. A breed association, the Vereinigung der Züchter Bergischer Hühnerrassen, was established in 1916. Today the Bergische Schlotterkamm is an endangered breed. In 2001 it was an "endangered breed of the year" of the Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen; it is listed in category I, "extremely endangered", on the Rote Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rottaler
The Rottaler is a German breed of riding and carriage horse of heavy warmblood type. The name derives from that of the Rottal, the valley of the Rott in the ''Landkreis'' of Rottal-Inn in south-eastern Bavaria. It is critically endangered. The Bavarian Warmblood derives from it. History The Rottaler originated in – and is named for – the Rottal, the valley of the Rott in the ''Landkreis'' of Rottal-Inn in south-eastern Bavaria, an area renowned for horse-breeding. A breed society, the , was formed in 1906. A breed standard was drawn up, calling for a strong and capable carriage horse with lively gaits, characterised by good temperament, fertility and longevity. After the end of the Second World War there seemed to be no demand for such an animal, and the breeding goal was fundamentally changed; selection was aimed exclusively at the creation of a warmblood sport horse – which would eventually become the Bavarian Warmblood. A programme of breed replacem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangalica
The Mangalica (, also Mangalitsa or Mangalitza) is a Hungarian breed of domestic pig. It was developed in the mid-19th century by crossbreeding breeds from the nearby Romanian Salonta (Hungarian: ''Nagyszalonta'', colloquially ''Szalonta'') and Hungarian Bakony with the European wild boar and the Serbian Šumadija breed. The Mangalica pig grows a thick, curly coat of hair. The only other pig breed noted for having a long coat is the extinct Lincolnshire Curly Coat pig of England. History The name Mangalica derives from Serbo-Croatian, meaning approximately ''roll-shaped'' and suggesting the animals are well fed. The blonde Mangalica variety was developed from older, hardy types of Hungarian pig (Bakonyi and Szalontai) crossed with the European wild boar and a Serbian breed (and later others like Alföldi) in Austria-Hungary (1833). That year, Prince of Serbia Miloš Obrenović sent 12 pigs of the autochthonous Serbian ''Šumadinka'' breed, ten sows and two boars. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altdeutscher Hütehund
Old German herding dogs (German: ''altdeutsche Hütehunde''), including old German sheep dogs or old German shepherd dogs (''altdeutsche'' ''Schäferhunde'') are a group of traditional types of working, herding dogs from Germany. They are landraces consisting of working strains of dog, and some of them are the types from which the modern German Shepherd Dog was developed as a standardised breed. The landraces are not recognised by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, but some have their own standards which are for working ability, not appearance traits. History The origins of the old German herding dogs likely trace back to the early Middle Ages. As nomadic shepherding and herding practices evolved, so did need for dogs capable of herding sheep, pigs, and cattle, as well as for guarding and protecting the herds. Dogs were being bred to preserve traits that assisted in their job of herding sheep and protecting their flocks from predators. In Germany this was practised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidschnucke
The Heidschnucke is a group of three types of moorland sheep from northern Germany. Like a number of other types from Scandinavia and Great Britain, they are Northern European short-tailed sheep. The three breeds of Heidschnucke (in order of population size) are: * German Grey Heath () at www.heidschnucken-verband.de. Accessed on 19 Aug 2010. * White Polled Heath ( or ) * White Horned Heath () The main breeding areas are the north German heathland and moors of the . That said, this sheep, which is easy to look after, may nowadays be found in all parts of Europe, mainly beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotes Höhenvieh
The Rotes Höhenvieh is a list of cattle breeds, breed of red cattle from the Central Uplands of Germany. It was created in 1985 as a merger of the few remaining examples of a number of closely similar regional breeds of upland red cattle. Reconstruction of the breed was made possible by the discovery of a stock of semen in a sperm bank. The name means "red upland cattle". History The mechanisation of agriculture in the years after the Second World War meant that the Ox, draught power of the traditional upland red cattle of the Central Uplands was no longer required. They became essentially useless, and by about 1980 had all but disappeared. Recovery of the breed was based on about 20 cows, not pure-bred but retaining some characteristics of the old breed, and on the rediscovery in the Zentralbesamungsstation or semen collection centre of Giessen, in Hesse, of about 60 doses of semen from a pure-bred bull. Rotes Höhenvieh, was the first variety of German Red (ger. ''Deutsch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
