!!!Lipizzaner

Lipizzaner Horses, world famous crossbreed of horses, usually white, 
on rare occasions brown or black; the foals are black or brown. They 
are usually about 15 hands high (155-158 cm) and weigh 
450-520 kg. Short, thick neck, long back, powerful hindquarters, 
relatively short, slender legs, wideset eyes, head usually has a Roman 
nose. Late maturing, long-lived animals, do not attain their true 
colour until they are about 10 years old. The name originates 
from the Austrian imperial stud established in 1580 by Archduke 
Karl II at Lipizza in what is now Slovenia. The breed can be 
traced back to around 800 A.D. Originally, the Lipizzaner horses 
were bred to supply the Habsburgs with horses befitting their imperial 
station, as the breed's build and colour corresponded to the Baroque 
ideal of a magnificent horse. The breed was originally a cross between 
the small but hardy Barb and the high-stepping Andalusian horse. In 
1826 an Arabian thoroughbred stallion was used for breeding. During 
the First World War, the Lipizzaner were moved first to Laxenburg 
(Lower Austria) and in 1920 to the state stud at Piber (Styria), where 
they have since been bred for the  Spanish Riding School in Vienna. 
Lipizzaner are ideal horses for learning to ride and for leisure 
purposes, but are also suitable as light wagon horses. There are six 
separate strains, each breed being traceable to one particular 
stallion at the end of the 18%%sup th/%  and beginning of the 
19%%sup th/%  centuries. Since 1997 there has been a Lippizaner museum 
in the imperial stables (Stallburg) of the Imperial Winter Palace in 
Vienna.


%%language
[Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Lipizzaner|class='wikipage austrian']
%%

[{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}]
[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]