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

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

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

🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreMurnau-Werdenfels A long-lived brown dairy breed of the Bavarian uplands, milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Long-lived

Photo credits on this page

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

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
Galloway: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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