Pinzgauer

About 500 AD. Alpine herdsmen, who ran their cattle on small, widely scattered, rocky pastures, began to develop a breed of red and white cattle from the native red Bavarian cattle. These early cattlemen selected animals that could withstand harsh conditions and still produce meat and milk. Later in history, the Pinzgauer attained their present form and colour. In the early 1900's a number of breeding cattle were exported to South Africa, which has the second largest herd of fullblood Pinzgauers in the world today. Meet some of our local Pinzgauer champions at the National Pinzgauer Championships, to be held at the T Show this year.