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For centuries, horse breeding and equestrianism have played an important role in our land between the seas - Schleswig-Holstein, the horse country between the seas.
Our Holsteiners have become world famous since, they have gained a following from various nations and people all across the world breed Holsteiner horses.
We invite you to join us and become a Holsteiner Verband member, to become part of our community striving to breed the best Holsteiner horses. Wherever you live, wherever you come from, you are welcome.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
The Executive Board of the Holsteiner Association
For the accomplishment of all tasks in Holstein horse breeding, a tripartite organizational model was chosen. There is the Holsteiner Verband as such, the "Mutter" with headquarters in Kiel, as well as two subsidiaries, the Holsteiner Verband Hengsthaltungs GmbH and the Holsteiner Verband Vermarktungs- und Auktions GmbH, both with headquarters in Elmshorn.
First Chairman of the Board: Olaf Rörden (Witsum auf Föhr)
Second Chairman of the Board: Hanno Köhncke (Badendorf)
The other board members:
Matthias Wree (Hartenholm)
Jürgen Schaffner (Hohenaspe)
Inken Gräfin von Platen-Hallermund (Wangels)
1st Chairman of the Board
Olaf Rörden
Olaf Rörden is 57 years old and a farmer. He runs a farm with the branches milk production, tourism, alternative energies and horse breeding in Witsum on the island of Föhr. He has been breeding Holsteiner horses for over 30 years and initially sees it as a priority task for the board to adapt to the constant changes and challenges of the times with the existing conditions of the breeding association.
2nd Chairman of the Board
Hanno Köhncke
The 59-year-old has a degree in agricultural engineering, is a farmer and comes from a family of Holstein breeders. He lives in Badendorf and has been chairman of the Stormarn-Lauenburg breeding district for 15 years. In addition to this position, he has also contributed his expertise as a member of the Holsteiner Mare and Foal Commission for many years. Hanno Köhncke has set himself the goal of strengthening and modernising the association's stallion breeding as a unique selling point. Attractive marketing is also an important building block for the Verband.
1st Assessor of the Board
Matthias Wree
Matthias Wree from Hartenholm in the district of Segeberg was born in 1978 on a farm in Angeln and is the managing director of an international trading company for agricultural commodities. His main objectives for his work on the Board of Directors are to further strengthen stallion keeping, innovatively expand the Holsteiner brand and focus on the Elmshorn location as the center for all activities.
2nd Assessor of the Board
Jürgen Schaffner
Jürgen Schaffner (61) lives in Hohenaspe in the district of Steinburg. He is professionally active as an executive and authorised signatory at an international logistics company based in Hamburg. As a breeder and owner of sport horses, the newly elected assessor is close to the action and always has an eye on the (inter)national horse scene. As a member of the board of his former riding club and at the district riding association, Jürgen Schaffner has already worked in an honorary capacity. Among other things, he has taken up the cause of improving the cohesion of the breeders.
3rd Assessor of the Board
Inken Gräfin von Platen-Hallermund
The former German and European champion of eventing, Inken Gräfin von Platen-Hallermund (45) from Gut Friederikenhof in Wangels will be active on the board as an assessor. Since 2009, the business woman with a graduate diploma and sports economist is self-employed, running the farm with her husband Sebastian. Over 14 years, she has been the mentor of new and young breeders at the Holsteiner Verband and she did that with a lot of success. Under her guidance the young breeders won multiple national and international titles for Holstein. This as a background will make her an important connection to younger breeders, leaving it to her to set new impulses. Inken Gräfin von Platen-Hallermund appreciates the Verband’s members as the foundation for everything and wants to value every breeder regardless of discipline or performance. Just like the other new board members she sees the potential and the importance of the Verband’s own stallion stable. She wants to support it as well as the marketing.
The bodies of the Holsteiner Association
116 DELEGATES, 13 BREEDING DISTRICT CHAIRMEN, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND REPRESENTATIONS
The association's territory is divided into 13 breeding districts.
The elected delegates of the Breeding Districts meet twice a year in Neumünster for the Delegates' Meeting.
This meeting is suspended: the Executive Committee of the Association, the 13 Breeding District Chairmen and the 116 Delegates.
The Verband shall maintain:
- a breeding committee
- a stallion owners’ delegation
- a stallion licensing committee as well as an objection committee relating to this
- an inspection and registration committee
The details of the boards and commissions can be found in Part A (Constitution) of the Statutes.
Statute of the Holsteiner Verband
The 13 Breeding Districts
11 BREEDING DISTRICTS IN SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, 2 BREEDING DISTRICTS IN THE EXTENDED BREEDING AREA
Each Holsteiner breeding district holds a general assembly at least once a year. The breeding district assembly deals with the following matters:
- election of the breeding district board (chairperson, deputy chairperson, secretary and treasurer)
- election of Holsteiner Verband delegates according to the Verband rules and bylaws
- discussion of Holsteiner Verband topical matters and affairs
- discussion of breeding district matters and affairs
- Elections are held every four years.
- The delegates elected by the breeding districts meet at the delegate assembly in Neumünster twice a year.
The Holstein Young Breeders
commitment, team spirit and fun
Over 1,000 young and young-at-heart members are organized in 10 young breeders' clubs across Holstein, offering their members educational and social events.
"The Holstein Young Breeders aim to give their members the tools they need to breed successfully now or later.""
Having your own horse is not required for membership.
If you would also like to become a member of the Holsteiner Verband as a young breeder, you will receive special benefits.
More information can be found on the Young Breeders website
Advantages for young breeders
If you are under 25 and a member of a young breeders' club, you only pay a membership fee of 50 euros per year.
What does membership cost?
Membership in a young breeders' club costs between 10 - 20 euros per year.
You can find an overview of the clubs in Schleswig-Holstein on the young breeders' website
This membership also offers the following advantages
Asmussen Verlag grants young breeders a 10% discount on all of the publisher's own Holstein books.
The Rathmann Verlag GmbH & Co. KG allows all young breeders a discounted price to subscribe to the Holsteiner trade magazine PFERD+SPORT.
The Holsteiner Verband grants discounts at the Holsteiner Shop, more information on the young breeders website.
The young breeders clubs have a variety of lecture events in your program, e.g. on the topics: Feeding, husbandry, shoeing, physiotherapy, Holsteiner Verband, mare lines.
Your Contact Person
ZSF - Holsteiner Zucht- und Sportförderung e.V.
Holsteiner Zucht und Sportförderung is a non-profit association that supports breeders, breeding districts and association committees in all matters relating to the Holsteiner horse and, in particular, aims to promote dialogue between breeders and the association.
Topics from the Holsteiner breeding community are addressed and the training and further education of horses and riders in all areas of equestrian sport is promoted. Courses, seminars and advanced training programmes are offered for this purpose.
Other activities include competitions and presentations of foals, young horses and young sport horses at events in the breeding districts and on the grounds of the Holsteiner Verband in Elmshorn.
If you have any further ideas, please do not hesitate to contact us.
You can become a member of the Holsteiner ZSF from a contribution of 20 euros per year. We look forward to your membership!
Board:
Sabine Verhaagh 0170-3540727
Philipp Schwartz-Hafter 0170-6346367
Ute Ladiges 0160-5946948
Denise Behrmann 0174-1678878
zsf@holsteiner-verband.de
Account: Holsteiner Zucht- und Sportförderung e.V.
VR Bank in Holstein eG DE04 2219 1405 0017 2681 10
