Arabische Pferde IN THE FOCUS 2/2022 (Vol. 30) - public

Fotos: B. Finke, soweit nicht anderweitig vermerkt
The Wege farm in Ströhen in Lower Saxony
was first mentioned in documents
as early as the 13th century. It has
been owned by the Ismer family since 1942,
when Rolf Ismer, a farmer originally from
Silesia, married its then owner Annemarie
Wege. Originally, the farm was diversely
oriented, but then concentrated on cattle
farming.
In 1959, cattle breeding gave way to a new
idea. A large-scale natural animal park was
created, which was continuously expanded
in the following years. From the beginning,
the children worked in the family business,
especially the two sons Erpo and Holger.
Rolf Ismer wrote in the zoo’s chronicle: "My
own joy and enthusiasm for wild animals,
the terrain ideally suited for natural animal
breeding and husbandry, and the desire to
make as many people as possible happy
with my facilities and the animals, led to
the decision to open the zoo to the public in
1960." And this is what happened on Ascension
Day 1960. More than 2,000 visitors
came to the opening. The zoo soon became
one of the region's attramashctions and still
is today. The special thing about it is that
visitors can get to know Arabian horses in
addition to native and exotic animals.
The stud came into being almost at the same
time as the zoo. Initially, Rolf Ismer bred riding
ponies, which were mated to Arabian
stallions. First Ghazal was used before the
first own stallion came along: Demir (Hadban
Enzahi / Winarsad), born in 1958 in Marbach.
In 1962 Demir was the best Arabian at
the stallion performance test in Westercelle,
even completing a partial test as a driving
horse!
It was only a short step from breeding
part-Arabian riding ponies to breeding purebred
Arabians. The first Arabian mare was
Fatme (Haladin / Winette), bred in Lütetsburg,
of pure Marbach descent, but she only
stayed a few years and left nothing permanent
in the stud. Two other mares were more
successful, both born in 1960. Dzika, bred by
Hannes Gutschow, was a Ghazal daughter
out of Europa by Witraz; her dam, like the
Achental foundation mares, was stranded in
Germany as a result of the effects of the war.
The other mare was Shari I (Hadban Enzahi
/ Haita by Halef), born in Marbach like Demir
and going back to the old lines of Weil
Stud, namely to Murana I. Together with Demir,
there was now a small, solid foundation
for breeding on a Marbach basis, which was
further reinforced by Shari's three-quarter
IS Masida (SI Sidi Rayyan / IS Mashama) *2015 tails back to the foundation mare Shari I via Mashoura
and represents the dam line of Murana I. - IS Masida geht über Mashoura auf die Stammstute
Shari I aus der Stutenlinie Murana I zurück.
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Of the three fullsisters Mashoura (pictured), Madoura and Ma Chere (all Madkour I / Shiwa),
only Mashouras line has survived until today. - Von den drei Vollschwestern Mashoura (im Bild),
Madoura und Ma Chere (alle Madkour I / Shiwa) hat nur Mashouras Linie bis heute überlebt.
brother Shagar (Ghazal / Haita) in the mid-
1960s.
In 1964, when Gertraute Griesbach stopped
breeding, these horses were joined by six
mares from the Achental Stud and the two
Polish stallions Borys and Wisznu. Wisznu
was still owned by Mrs. Griesbach, but remained
in Ströhen until the end of his life.
In one stroke, this made the Ismer Stud the
successor to Achental and the largest purebred
Arabian stud in Germany, at a time
when purebred Arabians were still rare.
The Achental legacy
The mares taken over from Achental were:
• Comtesse (Koheilan I / 250 Mersuch II-1)
*1941 with her yearling daughter
• Kowiszkah (by Wisznu) *1963
• Rualla (Kalif / Rozka by Kuhailan Ajouz I)
*1952
• Inazzah (Wisznu / Isabell by Kuhailan
Zaid) *1955 with her filly
• Iborah (by Borys) *1964
• Wiszkha (Wisznu / Kassandra (by Halef
out of Kabitha)) *1956
However, the old mare Comtesse, the last
of the original Bábolna mares, did not produce
any more foals. Kowiszkah was her
last daughter, and she didn't stay in Ströhen
for long either. After being covered by
Shagar, she was sold to Wilhelm Kelle. She
was a very fertile mare with many daughters
and founded a large family, first for
Wilhelm Kelle and later for the Kniffka family.
Today, like many old lines, her descendants
have become rare.
When I visited the Ismer Stud for the first time
in the fall of 1971, the three other Achental
mares were still there. Meeting them - especially
Wiszkha and Inazzah - was to have
far-reaching consequences, as these were
the first Arabian horses I had the privilege
of getting to know. Together with the stal-
Zucht