Scientific name:
Equus

Natural spread:
Southern Germany, Austria

in several local hits of easily different look bred, its characteristics are a big, little noble head with easily geramstem profile, that is carried by a short, powerful neck. The shoulder often is shortly and steeply, however powerful. The centerpiece long and soft with good depth, the hindquarters well bemuskelt, with split, kicked the ball out croup. The foundation distinguishes itself through strength and dryness, easy positional-mistakes are frequent. The movements are free and area-grasps, with high step-security. Beside foxes, centime and brown, also Tigerschecken and gray-mold, so-called, come Cream-filled chocolate cake, before. Size about. 155 to 170 cm of stick-measurement.

The Roman province Noricum included Austria's present-day territory approximately. A hit of good horses, that found application of the Middle ages also as dispute-steed, is supposed to have existed in the Juvavum (Salzburg). in 1565, the Salzburger breeding came under the control of the prince-archbishops, that positioned the first Stutbuch. It became Spanish and imports stallions burgundische, the size and Elegance brought; the Tigerung goes back to the Spanish influence. Particularly the Pinzgau, north from the Glockners, was the trunk-area of the race, that often is called Pinzgauer in the vernacular until today. Since middle of the 80er years, the Noriker enjoys as leisure time-horse of rising popularity, also often goes abroad as battle-animal, however. In Germany since 1952 synopses of all norischen hits under the concept "South German Cold-blood".