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Riding school

Ponyreitschule Otterndorf

Otterndorf, Germany

Ponyreitschule Otterndorf is a pony riding school on the Cuxhavener Landstrasse in the North Sea resort of Otterndorf. Trained Pferdewirte run led pony rides for small children as well as riding lessons for older beginners, teaching correct handling of the animals alongside riding technique. Holiday courses are offered during the school breaks, which makes it a regular fixture for families visiting the coast. Lessons and pony rides are by telephone appointment only.

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Traditionelles Westerntraining

Otter, Germany

Traditionelles Westerntraining is the mobile training practice of Andreas Lorenz, based in Otter (Ottermoor) in northern Germany. He teaches Western riding and horsemanship to riders at their own yards rather than from a fixed facility. Services cover riding lessons, schooling and backing of horses, trailer-loading training, and advice on day-to-day horse management. His service area reaches across the Hamburg, Seevetal, Buchholz, Soltau, Bispingen and Buxtehude districts.

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Farrier

huf.in.balance

Otter, Germany

huf.in.balance is the hoof-care practice of Ann-Katrin Kuhn, based in Fintel, Lower Saxony. She works mainly with the F-Balance method and occasionally with Natural Hoof Care, choosing per horse rather than applying one system to all. Every appointment starts with an assessment of the horse's gait so the trim can be matched to it. She works on everything from Shetland ponies to warmbloods, and also runs hoof courses for owners.

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Hengsthof am Wümmegrund

Otter, Germany

Hengsthof am Wümmegrund is the training yard of Maren Schulze near Schneverdingen in the Lüneburger Heide, working in the classical-baroque tradition. The stable teaches riders of all levels and takes client horses in for professional schooling (Beritt). Courses and clinics run through the year, including Working Equitation and Maren Schulze's own "Reiten in Slow Motion" format. The emphasis throughout is on fine aids and the gymnastic development of the horse.

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Liberté Jourdain

Ostrhauderfehn, Germany

Liberté Jourdain teaches horsemanship and liberty work under the name Natural Motion, running courses in Germany and abroad. The programme covers circus lessons such as the Spanish walk and lying down, gymnastic groundwork, neck-ring riding and keeping older horses in work. Courses are taught in small groups, either at the home yard or hosted at other facilities. First-aid courses focused specifically on riding accidents are also offered, and the horses and mule appear at public performances.

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Reitanlage Kohlstruck

Osterode am Harz, Germany

Reitanlage Kohlstruck is a livery yard run by Martina Kohlstruck at Osterode am Harz in southern Lower Saxony. Horses are kept in boxes with adjoining paddocks, and a limited number of open-stable places built during the yard's youngstock-rearing years are also let. All the basic forage is grown to organic standard on the family's own land. Riders have a 20x40 m indoor school and a 35x50 m outdoor arena, with summer pasture around the yard and surfaced sand paddocks for turnout in winter and bad weather.

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Pferdeerleben - Mareike Allers

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

Pferdeerleben is the training and coaching practice of Mareike Allers, based at Osterholz-Scharmbeck in Lower Saxony. Ground work sessions teach owners to read their horse's body language and refine their own, laying the groundwork for ridden work. Riding lessons focus on finer aids and conscious use of the rider's body so that horse and rider move together. Horse training and backing cover everything from basic education to correcting problem behaviour, for young horses, sensitive characters and horses coming back into work — depending on distance and intensity she travels to the client or takes the horse in at a quiet yard.

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Pedro Pavao GmbH

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

Pedro Pavao GmbH is a dressage yard at Geestland in Lower Saxony, run by trainer Pedro Pavao. Horses are schooled from remount level through to Grand Prix following the classical training scale, with relaxation and individual pacing at the centre of the approach. Riders are taught in individual lessons tailored to their own horse, and horses can be taken in for professional schooling. The business also assists clients with buying and selling horses, and works with a chiropractor for supporting treatment.

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Pferdetherapie Sophie Kück

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

Sophie Kück offers equine physiotherapy and osteopathy in the Osterholz-Scharmbeck area. A first appointment runs about 90 minutes to two hours and covers case history, saddle and equipment assessment, a gait analysis in hand, on the lunge and under saddle, and treatment with gentle techniques to release blockages. Follow-up sessions build on those impulses, since deeper restrictions usually take more than one visit to resolve. She also teaches riding lessons focused on the rider seat and body awareness, on the principle that rider position and equine restriction feed each other.

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VETPRAXIS Dr. Barbara Lindenberg

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

Dr Barbara Lindenberg runs a veterinary practice for chiropractic and acupuncture serving the Osterholz-Scharmbeck area of Lower Saxony. Treatment is currently offered for horses only; canine appointments are suspended. Chiropractic and osteopathic technique is used to restore natural movement and balance, with acupuncture available as a complementary approach. She is licensed through the Lower Saxony veterinary chamber.

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FreiGefühl

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

FreiGefühl is a horse-assisted therapy practice run as a sole proprietorship by Michelle Metscher in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Lower Saxony. It offers equine-assisted therapy sessions both outdoors and in a covered indoor space, alongside ordinary riding lessons. Holiday programmes give younger clients a longer block of time with the horses. The practice also trains other practitioners through its own FreiGefühl riding-therapist certification course. A separate everyday-support service covers household help, care and accompaniment for clients who need it.

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Riding school

Bullerhü

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

Hof Bullerhü in Osterholz-Scharmbeck is a pony farm specialising in Reitpädagogik, structured equestrian education for very young children. Its "Zauberponystunden" are run in age groups for two- to three-year-olds and four- to six-year-olds, combining play-based learning with safe, guided pony handling. Children learn to lead, groom and care for the ponies in a protected setting that prepares them for conventional riding lessons later on. One-to-one sessions, a friendship day for pairs of children, holiday programmes and tailored family packages round out the offering.

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Riding club

Kreisreiterverband Osterholz e.V.

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

The Kreisreiterverband Osterholz e.V. is the district association of rural riding and driving clubs in the Osterholz district of Lower Saxony. It coordinates equestrian sport across its member clubs, covering dressage, show jumping, eventing and carriage driving. The association runs the district championships, the district cup and a calendar of shows, and organises training courses for riders and drivers. It recognises the district's leading riders each year and hosts the annual Kreisreiterball. Day-to-day contact runs through the chairman, Ulrich Greinert, in Osterholz-Scharmbeck.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Pennigbüttel

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Pennigbüttel u. Umg. e.V. is a riding and driving club founded in 1919 in the Osterholz-Scharmbeck area of Lower Saxony. It offers regular dressage instruction with Angelika Freesemann plus dressage and jumping courses for members. Boxes are available to rent on the club yard, and members have use of the arena and grounds. The highlight of the club year is its long-running Whitsun tournament, held on the grounds at Im Hof.

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Tack & equestrian shop

Einhorn Versand

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

EINHORN Versand is a mail-order supplier of equestrian equipment based at Osterholz-Scharmbeck, specialising in horses with skin problems and allergies. Its range centres on sweet-itch rugs, mane-protection hoods and insect protection, alongside care products such as ÖKOZON and Swedish emulsion. Rugs are made to fit, and repairs and alterations are carried out in house. The business puts a strong emphasis on personal advice before purchase.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Scharmbeckstotel e.V.

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Scharmbeckstotel e.V. is a riding and driving club at Am Heuplatz in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Lower Saxony. Alongside conventional riding and driving it runs an unusually broad therapeutic programme, including hippotherapy, therapeutic vaulting and individual psychomotor sessions. The club offers leisure activities for disabled and non-disabled participants together and supports competitive riding for people with disabilities. It also hosts tournaments and makes its facilities available to members.

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Tack & equestrian shop

Reitsport Botterbrodt

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

Reitsport Botterbrodt is a specialist equestrian shop in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Lower Saxony, run by Astrid A. Botterbrodt-Weilage. The store supplies riders and horse owners in the Osterholz and Bremen area with riding equipment and stable supplies. Enquiries and current stock are handled directly by phone at the shop.

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Riding school

Litla Hesthús Kinder- und Jugendreitschule

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

Litla Hesthús is a children's and youth riding school at Osterholz-Scharmbeck built entirely around Icelandic horses. Tuition runs in fixed small groups: the Isi-Kids group for children from about six years old and the Teenie-Teams for twelve- to sixteen-year-olds, each meeting on set weekday afternoons. Pupils groom and care for the ponies before and after riding, so stable management and fair handling are taught alongside the riding itself. Holiday care days, children's and youth activity days, summer camps and preparation for IPZV proficiency badges are also offered.

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Pferdesportzentrum Lorenz GmbH & Co. KG

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

Pferdesportzentrum Lorenz is a full-service equestrian centre in the Teufelsmoor near Osterholz-Scharmbeck, run by the Lorenz family. The yard offers livery and paddock boxes, indoor riding halls and outdoor training arenas for horses in work. It also breeds sport horses and regularly has horses for sale. Holiday accommodation on site, a main house, a guest house and a holiday home, lets visiting riders stay on the yard.

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HorseCompetence

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

HorseCompetence at Osterholz-Scharmbeck combines horse-assisted learning with an innovative boarding operation. Katharina and Christoph von Lingen run seminars in groundwork and liberty work, horse-assisted personality development, and personnel and team development for organisations, on the premise that horses mirror human behaviour. Individual coaching and training of clients' horses are also offered. On the keeping side the yard runs an active stable with paddock boxes and managed pasture, built around species-appropriate housing.

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Hof Reynsla Neele Schnirring

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany

Hof Reynsla is a small farm on the edge of Osterholz-Scharmbeck where Neele Schnirring offers curative-educational work with horses (heilpaedagogisches Arbeiten mit Pferden). Sessions cover the whole business of being around a horse - leading it correctly, grooming, and first exercises in the saddle - taught individually and in a deliberately calm setting. New participants start with a trial lesson, after which weekly individual sessions or small groups of up to four are agreed. Multi-day holiday courses for children run from 10:00 to 16:00 and combine riding with looking after the horses. The horses live in an open stable and are hacked out, lunged and worked in hand by Neele herself so they stay settled for the sessions; an indoor school, outdoor arena and hacking country are available.

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Reittherapie-Berg

Ostercappeln, Germany

Reittherapie Berg is a therapeutic riding practice run by Sabrina Berg at Ostercappeln in the Osnabrück district. It offers curative-education riding (heilpädagogisches Reiten) and riding therapy for children and adults, either one to one or in small groups. Children's programmes combine riding instruction with confidence and motor-skill work, while adult sessions focus on relaxation and stress relief. New clients start with a short introductory appointment before a course of therapy is agreed.

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Riding club

Reit- und Fahrverein Ostercappeln-Schwegerhoff e.V.

Ostercappeln, Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Ostercappeln-Schwegerhoff e.V. is a riding and driving club in the Wittlage area of the Osnabrück district, Lower Saxony. Its facilities include a covered riding hall with a lounge, an outdoor arena and a separate outdoor jumping arena. The club stages dressage and jumping tournaments and hosts the regional championships on a four-year rotation, alongside its annual Reitertage and a tournament week on the grounds. An open day each year brings the wider community onto the site.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Venne e.V.

Ostercappeln, Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Venne e.V. is a riding and driving club at Am Mühlenbach in the Venne district of Ostercappeln, in the Osnabrück area of Lower Saxony. It runs its own riding hall with a published booking plan and hall rules for members. The club stages an annual tournament and keeps a calendar of dates and events through the season, supported by local sponsors. Membership is open by written application, and club news is shared on Instagram.

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