History: No one really knows how it all began!
Circa 1533: Jakob Seisenegger painted this portrait of Charles V. It is thought perhaps the first pictorial reference to an antecedent the Weimaraner.
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Circa 1632: Anthony van Dyke It is thought perhaps the first convincing pictorial reference to the Weimaraner in a portrait of Prince Rupprecht von der Pflaz where he stands with a silver grey hunting dog. The oil painting is at the Hague in the Netherlands.
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Circa1750: Painting (left) by Jean Baptiste Oudry. Perhaps more Pointer than Weimaraner!
Circa 1850: In Germany, especially in Weimar and Thuringia hunting dogs were bred to hunt boar and deer. These dogs were in the hands of the aristocracy and were believed to be the beginning of the Weimaraner. Later bred to Pointers and Setters making them into the all round dog we are familiar with today. |
In the grounds of the estate can be found memorials to his dogs. One is believed to be a memorial to a Longhaired Weimaraner.
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Circa 1850: In Germany, especially in Weimar and Thuringia hunting dogs were bred to hunt boar and deer. These dogs were in the hands of the aristocracy and were believed to be the beginning of the Weimaraner. Later bred to Pointers and Setters making them into the all round dog we are familiar with today.
Schloss Grafenegg (left) was the home of
Prince Hans von Ratibor who was renowned for his hunting kennels. It is believed that when the Prince died the breed records went with him. Circa 1880: 14 Weimaraners were exhibited at a Berlin Show
Circa 1881: First recognised pure-bred litter was born Circa 1890: More systematic breeding took place and breed records kept. |
Circa 1896: At a show in Bernberg the first 'breed standard' was laid down
by Major Von Bunau. It was argued that the Weimaraner is merely a colour
variation of the German Shorthaired. However the idea prevailed that
because of its colour the Weimaraner was a breed in itself.
1897: 20th June the first club was formed in Germany It was named 'Club
for the Pure Breeding of the Silver-grey Weimaraner Vorstehund' it was
soon changed to the slightly shorter 'Society for the Breeding of the
Weimaraner-Vorstehund.
Circa 1900: Longhaired variety occasionally appears.
Circa 1924: Breeding of the Weimaraner was now completely documented.
1935: 27th April. New breed standard adopted in Germany and Austria.
Circa 1938: First Weimaraners arrive in America
1952: 7th March, Major Bob Petty brings the first Weimaraners into
Britain. The bitch Cobra von Boberstrand and dog Bando von Fohr
1953: The Weimaraner Club of Great Britain was formed.
1985: November, The Weimaraner Association held its first meeting.
by Major Von Bunau. It was argued that the Weimaraner is merely a colour
variation of the German Shorthaired. However the idea prevailed that
because of its colour the Weimaraner was a breed in itself.
1897: 20th June the first club was formed in Germany It was named 'Club
for the Pure Breeding of the Silver-grey Weimaraner Vorstehund' it was
soon changed to the slightly shorter 'Society for the Breeding of the
Weimaraner-Vorstehund.
Circa 1900: Longhaired variety occasionally appears.
Circa 1924: Breeding of the Weimaraner was now completely documented.
1935: 27th April. New breed standard adopted in Germany and Austria.
Circa 1938: First Weimaraners arrive in America
1952: 7th March, Major Bob Petty brings the first Weimaraners into
Britain. The bitch Cobra von Boberstrand and dog Bando von Fohr
1953: The Weimaraner Club of Great Britain was formed.
1985: November, The Weimaraner Association held its first meeting.
