Eringer
(most common name)

(most common name):
• Hérens (France)
local/other name (English):
• French Herens (France)
• Swiss Herens (France)
local/other name (French):
• Race d’Hérens (Switzerland)
• Valais (France)

The Eringer is a stocky short-headed mountain breed.

The German ‘Eringer’ is the most common name used in Switzerland for the Hérens (where both French and German are spoken).

The Eringer has calves born with a reddish coat with a black dorsal stripe that changes to a black or blackish coat with a red dorsal stripe as they grow.

The Eringer produces a high quality of meat — which is usually dried — and milk that is used for making a rich ‘raclette’ cheese. (Raclette cheese is semi-hard. In Switzerland, it’s commonly heated in front of a fire, or by a special machine, and then scraped onto plates for eating.)

This page was last updated on: 2024-06-04

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