Merinolandschaf

{{short description|German breed of sheep}} {{use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{use list-defined references|date=September 2013}} {{use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox sheep breed | name = Merinolandschaf | image = Lamm der Schafrasse Merinolandschaf.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = Ewe lamb at about six months | image2 = Merinolandschaf (Bock).jpg | image_size2 = | image_alt2 = | image_caption2= A ram | status = | altname = Württemberger | country = Germany | distribution = | standard = | use = dual-purpose, meat and wool | maleweight = 125–160 kg | femaleweight = 75–90 kg | femaleheight = | skincolour = | type = | woolcolour = white | haircolour = | facecolour = white | horns = | note = }}

[[File:Merinolandschafe im Schnee (cropped).jpg|thumb|Flock near Bad Waldsee, in Baden-Württemberg]] The '''Merinolandschaf''' or '''Württemberger'''{{r|lfl}} is a German breed of domestic sheep derived from the Merino. It constitutes about 30% of the sheep population of Germany{{r|aid}} and is the most common commercial breed of the country. It descends from the Merino sheep first brought to Saxony in 1765.{{r|knut}}

In 2018 a population of {{val|15,378}} head was reported to DAD-IS.{{r|dad}}

== References == <references>

<ref name=aid>Katharina Seuser, Klaus Dittrich (2013). [http://www.aid.de/landwirtschaft/merinoschafe.php Merinolandschaf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109172109/http://www.aid.de/landwirtschaft/merinoschafe.php |date=9 November 2011 }} (in German). aid infodienst. Accessed September 2013.</ref>

<ref name=dad>[http://www.fao.org/dad-is/browse-by-country-and-species/en/ Breed data sheet: Merinolandschaf/Germany]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed 16 August 2020.</ref>

<ref name=knut>Knut Strittmatter (2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20130928025310/http://arch-anim-breed.fbn-dummerstorf.de/pdf/2004/at04sip025.pdf Die Feinwollrasse Merinofleischschaf in Deutschland - Stand und Probleme] (in German). ''Archiv Tierzucht''. '''47''': 25–35. Archived 28 September 2013.</ref>

<ref name=lfl>Christian Mendel, Albert Steiner (2013). [http://www.lfl.bayern.de/itz/schaf/031150/ Schafrassen in Bayern] (in German). Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft. Accessed September 2013.</ref>

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== Further reading == {{commonscat}} {{refbegin}} * A. Fischer (2003). ''Deutsche Schafrassen'' (in German). Stuttgart: Ulmer. pp. 88–118. {{refend}} Category:Sheep breeds originating in Germany