German Black Pied Lowland
(most common name in English)

(most common name):
• Deutsches Schwarzbuntes Niederungsrind
(local/other name):
• Schwarzbuntes Niederungsvieh
local/other name (English):
• Black-and-White Lowland
• Black Pied Lowland
• German Black Pied
• German Friesian
• German Original Black Pied

The German Black Pied Lowland originated in the region of the southern Jutland Peninsula and what is now the Schleswig-Holstein state in northwestern Germany.

This area bordered on the original Dutch Friesian breeding location. Both were greatly reduced in numbers by a series of cattle plagues in the 18th century. During the 19th century, large numbers of Dutch-Friesian cattle were imported by Germany because they were better developed.

Varieties of German Black Pied cattle have included:
• East Friesian (Ostfriesen, Ostfriesisches)
• Jeverländer
• Oldenburger-Wesermarsch
• East Prussian Dutch

German Black Pied Lowland cattle have been kept free of any Holstein (USA) influence, unlike the German Black Pied (HF) which had Holstein (USA) blood added during the 1960s and 1970s.

(German) Deutsches Schwarzbuntes Niederungsvieh = German Black and White Lowland cattle

This page was last updated on: 2024-06-12

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