Trakehner

The city of Trakehnen in Prussia was home to the world famous warmblood Trakehner horse breeding stables.

Trakehnen is derived from the West Baltic Old Prussian language word "trakis" meaning field , wildernis or track.

When Prussia was occupied by the communist Soviet Union , the people were made to leave, sent to Siberia and/ or be killed. Some owners managed to walk and ride some Trakehner horses on the thousands of kilometer long Treck to the west starting in the winter of 1945 . Some horses did survive and the breeding of Trakehner horses continued in Westphalia in Germany.

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