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Subaru is the only distributor in Germany who offers permanent 4WD vehicles with an approved gas engine and a 3 year warranty. Our new Subaru Forester has thus far been a pleasure to own and suits all our needs. A long search has come to an end :)
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Professionally designed class ads to market and find foals. Please also consider sister-projects stutenboerse.de and youngsterboerse.de to be found on the same page!
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Chris is a breeder of Knabstrupper horses and a manufacturer of authentic baroque dresses. Site mostly in German but has beautiful pictures and is nicely done & kept up to date.
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Enjoy your stay in an original 13th century castle on the river Weser one of Northern Germany's many popular bicycling regions and lavish food served by friendly, well trained staff. This hotel offers 15 rooms, you can chose between single, double, junior suite and large suite. Please be advised this hotel has stairs by virtue of its unique historical architecture so please notify beforehand if your group includes elderly or disabled friends.
Kitchen opening hours at noon are 12-2 pm on Fridays through Sundays. Dinner served daily 6-10 pm (except Tuesdays during the winter season). Weekends: Tea and coffee with pastry Fri-Sun 2-6pm. Restaurants and public areas are smoke-free.
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Hidden away from traffic or any negative civilization impact you will find Ewald and Marieta to be most welcoming hosts. Guests striving for a relaxed and reasonably priced lodging will be happy here and find everything they need from the restaurant serving tasty homemade, solid food (some Austrian influence as a tribute to Ewald's origin). Rooms generally more available during the week as many weekend bicyclers stay here so booking a little in advance is recommended.
Smokers welcome. Guests will have to put up with cats who are friendly. Windmill can be viewed from in- and outside. Sometimes live music at night. Beergarden/Pub/Restaurant opening hours daily 10am-10pm during season. November-March open Wednesday-Sunday only.
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This family run vacationing farm is owned by friends and is perfect for families with small children. Styled rather conservatively, very spacious with large facilities for family parties, clean and very friendly rooms.
Hotel is suited for disabled guests. There are freerange pigs, two ponies and pets, summer bassins, playground as well as plenty of space to run around so perfect for little children as well. This hotel is located about 10 minutes from us. About 70 minutes to Verden and 90 minutes to Münster-Handorf.
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International standard town hotel with a very decent spa area and plenty of nighttime entertainment options in the beautiful town of Bremen.
This hotel is recommended if you fly in or out of Bremen and you can easily get out towards Verden, Hanover, Oldenburg or Hamburg.
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Learn more about our location. Site comes in German only but you'll get the idea. Plenty pictures about activity going on in the original lower saxony countryside.
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Our friend and partner Ingrid Matthiessen introduces sale horses for any budget and demand. Ingrid is throwing all her knowledge into her business which comes from yearlong experience and coaching with the Canadian Jumper Team as well as she is a licensed TTEAM practicioner and simply great with horses. Her website is in English.
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The title says it all
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International publication in English
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Helmut Gaenserig and family have been responsible for video shootings all over Germany for years and years. If you are looking for specific footage of any given recent event it may be a good idea to have them search their archives.
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Horses for Sale, Ponies for Sale, Horseboxes and Trailers for Sale with Horsewizard.co.uk. You can find all types of Horses and Ponies for loan, equestrian equipment and tack for sale and services for everything equestrian.
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Vivien Venzke is one of Germany's most prolific equine photographers and offers a variety of services to the equestrian enthusiast beginning with show-photographs that can be ordered and are very reasonably priced for the quality through personalized photo sessions that can be arranged for per horse or per barn.
Vivien has been a professional photographer for 14 years and comes from and has developed her craft through years of sports photographing around the globe. One of the highlights in her professional career have been the 2000 Sidney Olympics. Site is in German but easily navigated on intuition. Go to 'Aktuell' to search the most recent shows for pictures sorted by horse name. Besides the offer is prescreened so nobody has to fear for less than flattering material to be published unsolicitedly.
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Marei was one of the photographers at the 1st Northern German Welsh Ponyshow. Her work can be seen on her website and she is open to foto jobs in her proximity. Enjoy!
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Henrike currently has Sammy Deluxe (formerly known as Seneca featured here on the site) in training who was raised here on the farm. She runs a successful training barn in Münster, shows successfully in dressage and jumping and has been on the Münster-Handorf auction team for many years.
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A new Link for GB. Check it out.
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Liz has worked fulltime in Equestrian and wedding photography in the UK for 3+ years and is relocating to Germany at present. Please feel free to browse her site for slideshows, examples of her work and to order photographs or book her for your equestrian event or wedding.
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Marianne has been a dedicated supporter of young-breeder-contests and all kinds of breed-related events in my home area in Northern Germany for years. She has made equine photography her profession and you can tell by her pictures that she does it with years of horsey-experience and a passion for both horses and people. Don't hesitate to ask her for services and photos of events in Northern Germany. We highly recommend her for both her work and her attitude in business.
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Which color may your foal be? This easy to use tool allows you to play numbers and inform yourself which color options your specific mating plans bear. Afterall
11 months may be a very long time...
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The most complete equestrian links collection we know of. Be prepared to spend some time here. Tons of links, all of them horserelated. Includes links all over the world and is easy to navigate.
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The US department of agriculture links you to a State Veterinarian in your area. These are full time veterinarians capable to provide information regarding disease-prevention, import requirements and animal welfare matters.
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Sylvia Baroncelli's operation located in Italy. Sylvia's focus is on show jumpers. She has been a frequent seller at Verden auctions as well as the Fences auction in Fance.
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Founded in 1975 the IG is the head organisation for Welsh breeding inside Germany. Operating nationwide hosting regional and national in hand show as well as promoting Welsh matters within the Verbands and in front of the German FN.
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This website is provided by the US department of agriculture which determines quarantine requirements for life animal and agricultural goods for importation to the US. You can check out recent information about the ports available for horses coming into the US from Germany
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Lisa Wilcox has worked hard to achieve her great success over years. She has become a highly respected riding personality in Germany. Her website is professionally hosted and bilingual. It is a treasure box for any dressage enthusiast and comes with personalized features about Lisa's present and favorite show horses. Enjoy an American dream coming true in Germany.
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A very well done representation of the equine world in Australia. Only available in English. Friendly community, recent information about different topics concerning the horse lover. Includes discussion forums and more.
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The roof organization for sporthorse breeding around the world.
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This pretty voluminous US based web presence has tons of information about the Equestrian world in the US. It is regularly hosted so it is almost impossible to check frequent enough.
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Anja has set up her website in order to publish mare show and HLP-results as well as foals and pedigrees. It is in German but the more experienced transatlantic shoppers might understand the horsey info despite the language barreer. Anja can be contacted through this site.
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One of the referral clinics we work with. A superbly maintained facility with highly qualified colleagues offering state of the art 24/7 emergency service. The clinic is within an hour from our farm and services include a wide range of abdominal and orthopedic surgerical procedures. We consider ourselves greatly blessed for having such a dedicated clinic available in our proximity.
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One of the hospitals we work with. Surgical and orthopedic competence in a state of the art facility. Located 2h from us.
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This site is of interest for future students of veterinary medicine. It comes in German.
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This site provides veterinary news from Switzerland. The site is partly in German but also includes English articles. Unwanted effects of remedies can be reported online and recent publications about surgical procedures are featured as well.
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One of our favorite equine hospital. An international team of Dutch, German, and Norwegian vets most of which specialize in a certain area of veterinary medicine. Professionalism, state of the art technique and a clear emphasis on customer care are hallmarks of this facility. Site comes in German but has numerous pics and is easy to navigate.
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The AHS is affiliated with the German Verband and provides a lot of basic information on breeding as well as an extensive sales list. A wide selection of breeders allover the US is to be found. Site comes in English and is updated frequently.
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This multilangual website introducing the Holsteiner breed downloads fast and is done nicely. Email contact is not an option but it has very nice pictures and lots of information on recent events and background about the breed.
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Oldenburg is quite on the ball if it comes to new methods in advertising. Their bilingual (English/German) Website provides information about most events happening in the Oldenburg breed. Including auction pictures and results as well as a sales list.
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The Westfalian Verband introducing its breed in English and German. A lot of information that is regularly updated. The Verband can be contacted online, auction results can be seen and they even provide a children's site.
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Lately renewed website of Kareen's 'home' Verband. Comes trilangual by now with an English and a French version which are however slightly different from the German one so it is worth the effort to surf through the German issue for sure. Site ist now updated frequently and some auctions even have life stream from the training.
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Visit Gut Neuenhof, an ambitious privately owned stallion station. Management in charge is now Volker Hagemeister. Your business is in the best of hands.
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This private stallion station has a long tradition in breeding. Standing flagship stallion Landor S as well as Lordanos and a yearly updated selection of young stallions with a focus on jumping. They also distribute Donnerschwee and Welt Hit II in Germany. The site is part of Bernd Eylers operation 'horsegate' and done excellently as usual. Comes in English and German language and has lots of good pics and details.
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Site is professionally hosted and offers loads of recent information about Germany's leading private dressage stallion station of today. Gestüt Vorwerk is private German stallion ownership at its perfection standing Rohdiamant, Don Gregory, Relevant and others. Our US clients might want to check out Lisa Wilcox' personal website with many gimmicks and information about Lisa's carreer in Europe and her favorite show horses as well.
-2010 update: After the sale of Gestüt Vorwerk to family Max-Theurer I don't know how this web presence will furthermore develop-
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A very well done multilingual site introducing the stud, the stallions and the humans behind the operation. Performed by Bernd Elyers
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Being one of Europes most popular horse photographers Bernd Eylers created and used to manage this amazing webpresentation including a lot of well known German studs and stallion stations in detailed features as well as a lot of actual information. Thanks to Bernd for allowing the use of some of his stallions photographs for Germanhorseconnection. Thank you for your understanding pictures marked with copyrights mustn't be copied for any purpose whatsoever without authorization. You can easily order the stallionbooks and videos through this website. Sites come in German and English now including many interactive features such as 'dressage world' and lively forum boards.
Please note Horse-gate is no longer run by Bernd Eylers but was sold to Matthaes Medien, also owner of Züchterforum. Have fun regardless!
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Introducing the home of Hohenstein and many other lovely sires. Dedicated to the Trakehner breed but fun to visit for all warmblood enthusiast. Site is updated fairly regular and comes in German only.
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Located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Redefin is one of the most meaningful ancient municipal Studs in Germany. The formerly Eastern German province is introducing its horses as well as recreational assets. Site comes in German only but pictures and horsey info alone are certainly worth a visit. Many interactive features, just check out the menu, it will help your German skills and offers a lot of useful information about one of Germany's oldest Warmblood breeds that has been influencing the Hanoverian and many other world famous breeds over centuries.
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Newly revised in the spring of 2007 this site now has significantly improved navigation and offers a wealth of stallion info as well as the complete State-Stud stallion roster. For centuries Celle State Stud has kept up the hanoverian breed on the stallion's side. Find out more about its history. Please note sales lists from breeding clubs mostly aren't continously hosted so might be outdated.
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A wealth of videoclips to be directly accessed or downloaded from distributors around the world.
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Located near Walsrode / Lüneburger Heide Dr. med. vet. Lehnhardt and family are entertaining a training and breeding facility with a focus on eventing. Maria is an apprentice with Ingrid Klimke since 2005 and has before spent several years in the UK. Individual on site veterinary reproductive services are provided and tremendously add to super conception rates that have constantly been achieved here over years.
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This longyear breeding operation owned by Josef Kathmann and his family has kept interesting stallions for decades and runs an Oldenburger breeding operation.
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Very nice site to look up time-differences to avoid nightly calls from overseas. Language is German but site is easy to navigate by intuition.
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