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History<br />
Maas J. Hell – Klein Offenseth<br />
Gustav and Herta Hell bought the Hell family’s central farm on Horster<br />
Landstrasse in 1933. Their younger son Max took over the existing<br />
poultry farming business. The older son Maas Johannes Hell<br />
– born in 1934 – soon focussed exclusively on horses. Next to his parents’<br />
house he built a facility for breeding and marketing of horses.<br />
Together with his wife Magdalene he ran the business that quickly<br />
turned into one of the best known in Europe.<br />
From 1971 to 1982 Hell managed the Verband’s business in Elmshorn<br />
and was decisive in improving breeding and marketing of Holsteiner<br />
performance horses. Having stallions performing in sport to prove<br />
their worth and importing sires for improvement like the legendary<br />
Cor de la Bryère A.N. are lasting results of his visionary work.<br />
In 1982 Hell decided to leave the management for the Verband in<br />
favour of continuing and improving his private station and marketing<br />
of stallions in Klein Offenseth.<br />
Subsequently the stallions he had discovered found entry into nearly<br />
all breedings in Europe. His marketing success speaks for his<br />
business as well. Horses from Klein Offenseth were exported to 38<br />
countries in the world. Many of them later advertised for Holsteiner<br />
horses by competing successfully at large shows.<br />
By running a large advertisement in the magazine „Pferd + Sport“ ,<br />
horse and sport, Maas Johannes Hell announced the merits of his<br />
six sires. That was in 1984. At that time his facility lacked space for<br />
a large number of mares to cover and therefore only the two young<br />
stallions Cantus and Camaro were stationed in Klein Offenseth. Four<br />
more stallions moved to their sires’ quarters in Dithmarschen with<br />
Lothar Völz at Wöhrden. These were the two sons of Almé, Ahorn<br />
and Athlet, as well as Latus by Landgraf and Catango by Caletto I.<br />
In the following years the latter was exchanged for Fasolt and the<br />
thorougbred Affi do xx. They stayed until 1990 before they moved<br />
to Willi Feil, who kept Ahorn, Athlet, Latus and Salient xx at Marne –<br />
Westerdeich until 1995.<br />
The station at Pohlsee stud was added because the number of stallions<br />
grew over the years. From 1989 to 1996 it was home at first for<br />
Cantus, Langata Express xx and Aldan and later for Exorbitant xx,<br />
Tin Rocco and Alasca.<br />
Towards the end of the 1990’s artificial insemination and shipping<br />
of semen grew in importance. That was when dams were covered<br />
by Hell sires at Wacken with veterinary doctor Tassemeier, at Bargenstedt<br />
with Boje Peters and at Risum Lindholm.<br />
The use of thoroughbreds was of special importance for Maas<br />
Johannes Hell. It began with Affi do xx in 1987. Salient xx, Exorbitant<br />
xx, Bold Indian xx, Langata Express xx, Gamblers Cup xx and<br />
Mytens xx followed. The discovery of Lauries Crusador xx was an<br />
especially lucky coincident. Thanks to a very good connection to<br />
Landstallmeister Dr. Bade Lauries Crusador xx was leased to Niedersächsisches<br />
Landgestüt at Celle. In 1991, he moved into his sire’s<br />
quarter in Landesbrück, centrally within Hanoverian breeding area.<br />
In 2006, he was voted Hanoverian Stallion of the Year. It came with<br />
this sire that Hell’s stallions were marketed via Lower Saxony’s ste<br />
stud. Sires Calido I, Acord II and Acorado had a strong input in Hanoverian<br />
breeding.<br />
From the beginning Maas Johannes Hell took care of his sires’ progeny.<br />
Year after year he bought many foals from their breeders. The<br />
foals were reared in Klein Offenseth and either prepared as young<br />
stallions or performance horses. Out of this large lot of offspring,<br />
Maas J. Hell mit Exorbitant xx<br />
Maas Johannes Hell – ein Leben<br />
für das Holsteiner Pferd.<br />
Die Holsteiner Züchter und die<br />
deutsche Pferdezucht haben Maas<br />
Johannes Hell viel zu verdanken.