Rhenish German Coldblood

Rhenish German Coldblood
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): endangered
  • GEH: Category III, endangered
Other names
  • German Coldblood
  • Rhenish
  • Rhenish-Belgian
  • Rhenish Coldblood
  • Rhenish German Draught Horse
  • Rhenish-Westphalian
  • Rheinisch-Deutsches Kaltblut
  • Rheinisches Kaltblut
  • Rheinisch-Westfälisches Kaltblut
  • Rhineland Heavy Draught
Country of originGermany
DistributionNordrhein-Westfalen
StandardDeutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung e.V.
Traits
Height
    • minimum 158 cm
    • usually 162–172 cm

The Rhenish German Coldblood, German: Rheinisch-Deutsches Kaltblut, is a German 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.

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