Jägerallee, Hohenheim Palace Park

An avenue of very old trees

The roots of Hohenheim sheep breeding go back to the year 1786. At that time, Duke Carl Eugen ordered a herd of Merino sheep from the Spanish province of Segovia to come to Württemberg. In 1822, the 968-head state shepherd's herd was moved from Justingen to Hohenheim.
Source and detailed description: uni-hohenheim.de/station-14-schafweide

The roots of Hohenheim sheep breeding go back to the year 1786. At that time, Duke Carl Eugen ordered a herd of Merino sheep from the Spanish province of Segovia to come to Württemberg. In 1822, the 968-head state shepherd's herd was moved from Justingen to Hohenheim.

In order to improve the quality of the wool, crosses were made with landrace sheep, while some of the animals were kept as pure breeds. Sheep lists, jumping registers and lamb registers were created with great care and subsequently developed further to form the basis of the Hohenheim sheep breeding theory. In the second half of the 19th century, declining wool prices made it advisable to pay more attention to sheep breeds with higher meat yields.

From the early 1980s, sheep farming became a new task in landscape management on a broad scale. Valuable ecosystems – nutrient-poor grasslands, juniper heaths, heathland, etc. – can only be maintained in quality with the help of grazing. Today, the Hohenheim sheep flock is the largest in Stuttgart and is grazed alternately in Hohenheim and Kleinhohenheim.
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