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The Lipizzaner is one of the oldest cultured breeds of horses in the world. It was developed at the Lipica stud farm in the territory of present-day Slovenia to be a strong and elegant workhorse fit for royalty in the period when the Habsburg dynasty ruled all of Central Europe. The horses’ duties included carrying nobles on long journeys, and taking part in imperial court ceremonies and riding exercises for the nobility. The most intensive breeding was undertaken in the 18th century, which is also the period from which we have the oldest written records of Lipizzaners in central and northern Slovakia. The independent history of the Slovak lineage of Lipizzaners began after the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic when the national stud farm was founded at Topoľčianky. The stud farm continued the cultural heritage of the Austrian school in its breeding programme, its husbandry practices and the way it cared for and trained horses. From the foundation of the stud farm, the core knowledge concerning livestock has been communicated orally. A secondary source of knowledge are the handwritten studbooks, which have been kept for over 90 years. Professional knowledge of horse husbandry is transmitted orally during the training process, in which a young worker is paired with an older one to ensure the transfer of experience. The husbandry of Lipizzaners can be understood holistically as all activities relevant to the breed. This includes everyday care for the horse – riding, cleaning, feeding, mucking out, care for hooves and horseshoes – which are activities that have been carried out and passed down for centuries since horses began to serve humans. It also includes training – learning to work with a trainer from an early age, more advanced exercises and training, the horse’s active years and their care in old age. The relationship between horses and people is important and requires long-term continuous work to establish trust and respect in which the horse is treated as an equal partner and not just an object to be put through drills. The skills for such work are handed down from generation to generation. The breeding of Lipizzaners is closely linked to varied traditions and expressions, social activities and ceremonies.
VideoVideo UNESCO
Proposal by
National Stud Farm Topoľčianky
Year of Inscription
2017
Certificate number
CTLK-RZ-NKD-2017/006
Gallery
Slávnostné vyhlasovanie prvkov zapísaných do Reprezentatívneho zoznamu NKD/2017/Michal Veselský/archív CTĽK
Slávnostné vyhlasovanie prvkov zapísaných do Reprezentatívneho zoznamu NKD/2017/Michal Veselský/archív CTĽK
Záprah lipicanských žrebcov, kočiš Miroslav Matuška/2011/E. Kolvačík/archív autora
Deň otvorených dverí v národnom žrebčíne – cvik španielskej školy Levada a Kristína Flaková s koňom Siglavy XI/2014/D. Gregor/archív autora
Deň otvorených dverí v národnom žrebčíne – Neapolitano XVII Geleta Capriola – najobtiažnejší cvik španielskej vysokej školy Václav Macek/2008/E. Kovalčík/archív autora
Chovný objekt Rybník/1930/archív Národného žrebčína Topoľčianky
Kůň 2015 Lysá nad Labem – Pas de Deux – zrkadlové jazdenie vo dvojici/2015/S. Veinhoverová/archív autorky
Lipicanské stádo na pastvinách chovného objektu Hostianske/2014/E. Kovalčík/archív autora
Majstrovstvá Sveta dvojzáprahov Topoľčianky – Pavol Gašpar počas drezúrnej úlohy/2013/D. Gregor/archív autora
Plemenná kobyla 510 Trompera I narodená v roku 1940, v Národnom žrebčíne pôsobila od roku 1946 do roku 1951/1950/archív Národného žrebčína Topoľčianky
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