List of German horse breeds

This is a list of some of the breeds of horse considered in Germany to be wholly or partly of German origin. In 2014 there were 151 horse breeds reported to DAD-IS by Germany, many of them imported from other parts of the world. Only those breeds with some history of development within present-day Germany are listed below. Inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively German. ^[1]

German name	English name if used	Image	Notes
Aegidienberger [1]
Arenberg-Nordkirchner [2]	Arenberg-Nordkirchen
Alt-Württemberger  [ de ] [1] [2]
Bayerisches Warmblut [1]	Bavarian Warmblood
Brandenburger Warmblut [1]	Brandenburger
Deutsches Reitpferd [1]	German Riding Horse  [ de ]
Deutsches Classic Pony [1]	German Classic Pony
Deutsches Part-Bred Shetland Pony [1]	German Part-Bred Shetland Pony  [ de ]
Deutsches Pinto Barockpferd [1]
Deutsches Polopferd [1]
Deutsches Reitpony [1]	German Riding Pony
Deutsches Sportpferd [1]	German Sport Horse  [ de ]
Dülmener [1] [2]
Edelbluthaflinger  [ de ] [1]			German-bred Haflingers with 1.56% to 25% Arab blood
Hannoveraner Halbblut [1]
Hannoveraner Warmblut [1]	Hanoverian
Hannoversches Kaltblut Schleswiger Ursprungs [1]			Since 2012 a sub-population of the Schleswig Coldblood [3]
Hessisches Warmblut [1]	Hessian Warmblood  [ de ]		Merged with Hanoverian in 2009
Holsteiner Warmblut [1]	Holsteiner
Internationales Oldenburger Springpferd [1]
Kleines Deutsches Pony [1]
Kleines Deutsches Reitpferd  [ de ] [1]
Lehmkuhlener  [ de ] [2]
Leonharder [1]
Leutstettener  [ de ] [1] [2]
Lewitzer  [ de ] [1]
Mecklenburger Warmblut [1]	Mecklenburger
Oldenburger Warmblut [1]	Oldenburger
Ostpreußisches Warmblut Trakehner Abstammung [1]	Trakehner		Breeding at the Trakehnen stud ended in October 1944; the present German-language name means roughly "East Prussian Warmblood of Trakehner origin"
Pfalz-Ardenner [1]
Rheinisch Deutsches Kaltblut [1] [2]	Rhenish German Coldblood
Rheinisches Warmblut [1]	Rhinelander
Rottaler [1] [2]
Sachsen-Anhaltiner Warmblut [1]
Sächsisches Warmblut [1]			see Sächsisch-Thüringisches Schweres Warmblut
Sächsisch-Thüringisches Schweres Warmblut  [ de ] [4]
Schleswiger Kaltblut [1] [2]	Schleswig Coldblood
Schwarzwälder Kaltblut [1] [2]	Black Forest Horse
Schweres Warmblut [1]	Heavy warmblood
Schweres Warmblut / Ostfriesisch-Altoldenburgisch [1] [2]	Ostfriesen and Alt-Oldenburger
Senner [1] [2]
Süddeutsches Kaltblut [1]	South German Coldblood
Tarpan[ citation needed ]	Heck Horse		Was created at Berlin Zoo; it is not reported to DAD-IS, nor listed as endangered by the Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen
Thüringer Warmblut [1]			see Sächsisch-Thüringisches Schweres Warmblut
Traber [1]	Trotter
Warmblut des Zuchtverbandes für deutsche Pferde [1]
Warmblutschecken [1]
Westfälisches Warmblut [1]	Westphalian
Württemberger Warmblut [1]	Württemberger
Zweibrücker Warmblut [1]	Zweibrücker

References

1. Breeds reported by Germany: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2014.
2. Rote Liste der GEH e.V. Archived 16 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in German). Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen. Accessed January 2017.
3. Endangerment Status according to EAAP. Zentrale Dokumentation Tiergenetischer Ressourcen in Deutschland (TGRDEU). Retrieved November 2014.
4. Rassebeschreibung Pferd: Sächsisch-Thüringisches Schweres Warmblut (in German). Zentrale Dokumentation Tiergenetischer Ressourcen in Deutschland (TGRDEU). Accessed November 2014.