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Horse Breeds: Abtenauer: smallest heavy breed of the German-speaking 
area, robust, hardy carthorse bred in Abtenau (high valley southeast 
of Salzburg). A particularly characteristic Noriker breed since 
ancient times; mainly blacks, some chestnuts; particularly striking 
are the "Mohrenkoepfe" (dapple-grey horses with black 
heads); never produces spotted piebalds, as do the Pinzgauer; height 
at withers 148-154 cm. In 1994 there were about 70 breeding 
mares. - Noriker: heavy breed, name derived from the Roman province of 
Noricum; the Noriker is said to be descended from the Roman legion 
horses and has been pure-bred in Austria for more than 400 years. As 
early as 1688, Archbishop J. E. Graf Thun of Salzburg gave 
instructions that mares may only be covered by stallions of the court 
(= registered stud-horses) and that the State may only purchase 
foals descended from these stallions. This is why the Noriker is still 
a pure breed, although it has been referred to as Southern-German 
heavy horse (sueddeutsches Kaltblut) together with the Oberlaender 
(from Bavaria) and the Pinzgauer since World War II. The breeding area 
of the Noriker was originally located around the Grossglockner 
Mountain; used as carthorses. Middle heavyweight, about 160 cm at 
shoulder, robust heavy head, short sturdy neck, wide breast and wide 
back, medium-sized legs. Mostly bay horses or chestnuts, but also 
dapple-grey horses and spotted piebalds; very few are Mohrenkoepfe. In 
1994 there were about 2,700 mares registered in the general stud-book, 
with a total of 9,000 animals. - Sueddeutsches Kaltblut: heavy horse 
bred in southern Germany and Austria: bred in Austria as Noriker, in 
Bavaria as "Oberlaender" (light breed) and Pinzgauer (heavy 
breed). -  Haflinger Horse,  Lipizzaner Horses.


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