The Hovawart, an ancient German breed of dogs, first described in 1210 to record a rescue, when the son of a feudal lord was carried as a child by his wounded dog to the nearest castle, after his family was slaughtered in a siege by Slavic invaders.
The Hovawart, an ancient German breed of dogs, first described in 1210 to record a rescue, when the son of a feudal lord was carried as a child by his wounded dog to the nearest castle, after his family was slaughtered in a siege by Slavic invaders.
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This young boy, Eike von Repkow, grew up to become a legendary figure in the history of German law. He later published the Sachsenspiegel, the oldest code of law to survive from medieval Germany. Not surprisingly, the Hovawart is mentioned with praise. The Schwabenspiegel, a law text published in 1274 and based on Eike von Repkow’s Sachsenspiegel, lists the Hovawart among the dogs you have to replace and pay restitution for if they are killed or stolen.
The one closest looks fun but dumb, the one in the middle looks smart and obedient, and the one at the end looks like it will bite me.
i want to take them for walk so bad.
Do you by any chance know anything more about the “Slavic invaders”?
It seems unlikely in 1210. I mean, a siege like that could have occurred in Prussia but I wouldn’t necessarily call indigenous peoples besieging an oppressor’s (because that’s what those Christian so-called missionaries were to Slavic pagans) castle “invaders”.
Dogs seem cool though.
I wanna play fetch with them! So cute!!!
My favorite breed. Big, robust and pretty smart.
Good boys and girls!
I am sure, only by looking at them, that they are all only good boys and girls.
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