Rottaler

Rottaler
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): critical:50
  • DAD-IS (2021): critical
  • GEH (2021): category I: extrem gefährdet
Other names
  • Rottaler Pferd
  • Rottaler Ross
  • Rottaler Warmblut
Country of originGermany
DistributionBavaria
Usecarriage horse
Traits
Weight
  • Female:
    650 kg
Height
  • Male:
    165 cm
  • Female:
    160 cm
Colourusually bay, also black or chestnut

The Rottaler is a German breed of riding and carriage horse of heavy warmblood type.:499 The name derives from that of the Rottal, the valley of the Rott in the Landkreis of Rottal-Inn in south-eastern Bavaria. It is critically endangered. The Bavarian Warmblood derives from it.:184