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🇩🇪 The cattle breeds of Germany

14 breeds from Germany, best known first, across 18 towns, fairs and pastures.

Cattle town Fair or market Pasture Ranch country Sanctuary or reserve City

Cattle towns and fairs of Germany

Black Forest 2 Bavaria 1 East Frisia 1 Falkenthaler Rieselfelder 1 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 Grubenfelder Leonie 1 Lippeaue 1 Murnau 1 Nesseaue 1 Soest 1 Werdenfels Country 1 Angeln Donnersberg Glan Kaiserslautern Meisenheim Quirnbach The Allgäu and the Viehscheid

🇨🇭 Switzerland and 5 moreSimmental A large dual-purpose breed from the Swiss Simme valley, red and white with strong growth rates.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile

🇩🇪 Germany and 3 moreHeck A German type bred in the 1920s to recreate the extinct aurochsTaurine · Grazing · Cold-hardy

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreGalloway A polled black beef breed from south-west Scotland with a thick double coatTaurine · Beef · Cold-hardy

🇨🇭 Switzerland and 5 moreBraunvieh A large Alpine brown dairy breed from Switzerland, known for its strength and high milk yield.Taurine · Dairy · Rich milk

🇦🇹 Austria and 1 morePinzgauer Chestnut Austrian cattle with a broad white stripe along the back and bellyTaurine · Triple-purpose

🇩🇪 Germany and 4 moreGerman Black Pied A dairy breed of the North Sea coast, black and white, smaller than the HolsteinTaurine · Dairy · Long-lived

🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreMurnau-Werdenfels A long-lived brown dairy breed of the Bavarian uplands, milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Long-lived 🇮🇹 Italy and 3 morePustertaler SprinzenPustertaler Schecken Rare colour-sided Alpine cattle from South Tyrol: white with brown or black flank patchesTaurine · Dual-purpose

🇩🇪 GermanyVorderwaldVorderwälder Rind Black Forest breed with a white face and limbs, coloured patches, forward-curving hornsTaurine · Long-lived

🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreHinterwaldHinterwälder Rind A small Black Forest cow, white head and pied coat, kept for both milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Cold-hardy

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

German Black Pied: WytzeNauta, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Heck: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Braunvieh: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Pinzgauer: Wald1siedel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Murnau-Werdenfels: Pippo-b, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Simmental: Richard Bartz, Munich Makro Freak, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Galloway: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Vorderwald: Flominator, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hinterwald: -- Xocolatl 10:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC), Public domain, source

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