Rhenish German Coldblood

Rhenish German Coldblood
Other names
  • Rheinisch Deutsches Kaltblut
  • Rheinisch-Deutsches Kaltblut
  • Rheinisch-Westfälisches Kaltblut[1]
  • Rhineland Heavy Draft[2]
  • Rhenish-German Coldblood
  • Rhenish German Draught Horse[3]
Country of originGermany
Traits
Distinguishing featuresMale height: over 159 cm
Female height: 149–159 cm[4]
Notes
Conservation status: FAO (2007): endangered[5]
GEH: Category III, endangered[6]
Rhenish German Coldbloods pulling a hay wain at Schloss Wickrath in about 1900
Six Rhenish German Coldbloods drawing a beer wagon in Fürth
Pair of Rhenish German Coldbloods hitched to a post coach
A Rhenish German Coldblood mare

The Rhenish German Coldblood, German: Rheinisch Deutsches Kaltblut, is a breed of heavy draught horse from the Rhineland area of western Germany. It was bred in second part of the nineteenth century, principally at the Prussian state stud at Schloss Wickrath in Wickrathberg, now part of Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia.[7]

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