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Veterinary clinic

Dr. med. vet. Ingbert Fries

Harmstorf, Germany

Dr. Ingbert Fries is a practising veterinarian at Harmstorf in the Harburg district who has specialised in the treatment of horses. He holds the German board qualification of Fachtierarzt für Pferde, was licensed as a veterinarian in 1975 and has been authorised by the Lower Saxony Veterinary Chamber to train other vets in the equine field since 1986. Alongside conventional equine work he offers treatment with the VetDrop system for horses and dogs. He runs the practice himself and takes up newer diagnostic and therapeutic methods as they establish themselves. Enquiries and appointments are handled by telephone or through the contact form on his website.

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Bendestorfer Reitverein Kleckerwald e.V.

Harmstorf, Germany

Bendestorfer Reitverein Kleckerwald is one of the oldest riding clubs in the Harburg district and has been running for more than fifty years. Vaulting is the centre of club life, taught to children and adults alongside general riding instruction. Members train through the year, travel to competitions and take part in club training weekends. The club also puts on community events and festivals at its yard at Rehmenkamp in Harmstorf.

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Equine therapy

Tierheilpraktikerin Sonja Kurby

Haren (Ems), Germany

Sonja Kurby is an animal naturopath, animal chiropractor and acupuncture therapist who has worked with horses, dogs and their owners for almost twenty years. Her practice combines manual therapy, chiropractic, osteopathy, physiotherapy, acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine in a whole-animal approach to health and movement. Alongside treating patients she teaches therapists, running seminars, mentoring and self-study courses through her academy for animal naturopathy. She trained at the Paracelsus school in Osnabrück and has continued with specialist further training in chiropractic, TCM and herbal medicine.

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Veterinary clinic

Arts & Dier

Haren (Ems), Germany

Arts & Dier is a veterinary group serving companion animals, horses and farm livestock across the northern Netherlands and the neighbouring German border region. Its equine arm runs two dedicated horse clinics staffed by recognised equine veterinarians, backed by mobile radiography and ultrasound for work out on the yard. Services range from vaccination and pre-purchase examinations through endoscopy, gynaecology and mare management to arthroscopic surgery, dentistry and laser therapy. The Rütenbrock site in Haren (Ems) is the German farm-animal branch of the group.

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Farrier

Hufschmied Emsland - Daniel Tigelaar

Haren (Ems), Germany

Hufschmied Emsland is the farrier business of Daniel Tigelaar, based in Haren (Ems) in the Emsland district of Lower Saxony. He covers hoof care and shoeing across the region, handling both routine maintenance and corrective hoof management. Appointments are made directly by phone or email.

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Tierarztpraxis Dr. Michael Wieking

Haren (Ems), Germany

Tierarztpraxis Dr. Michael Wieking in Haren-Rütenbrock is an equine-only practice — the site states plainly that only horses are treated and that small animals can no longer be served. Services include dental treatment, radiography, pre-purchase examinations, rectal examinations, infusions, ultrasound assessment of tendon injuries and foal care. A fully equipped mobile unit allows most work to be done in the horse owner's own stable, and the practice also offers inpatient care. Artificial insemination is part of the reproductive service.

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Reit- und Fahrverein Rütenbrock und Umgebung

Haren (Ems), Germany

Reit- und Fahrverein Rütenbrock u.U. e.V. is one of the larger equestrian clubs in the Emsland, founded in 1923 and now with more than 550 members. It covers dressage, show jumping, eventing, leisure riding and carriage driving, and runs riding instruction backed by school ponies, a Ponyexpress scheme and a pony league for the youngest riders. The club also offers therapeutic riding alongside its sport programme. Its riding hall can be hired, and the annual Rütenbrocker Reitertage draws large fields of horses and riders.

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Ariane Wester-Ebbinghaus

Haren (Ems), Germany

Ariane Wester-Ebbinghaus teaches dressage on classical principles from Haren in the Emsland. She works with riders of every age and performance level, from leisure riders through to competitors at advanced (S) level. Her training builds on balance, relaxation and the classical training scale, with the goal of harmony between horse and rider. She is also an FN-licensed judge and mentors other trainers in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Reiterhof Lüssing GmbH & Co. KG

Haren (Ems), Germany

Reiterhof Lüssing is a full-service equestrian centre at Raken near Haren on the river Ems, set in woodland in the Emsland region. It offers permanent livery for resident horses as well as guest stabling for visiting riders, alongside guest rooms and apartments on the farm. Riding lessons are given by qualified instructors in indoor and outdoor arenas, and more than 60 km of sandy bridle paths start at the yard. Carriage drives, hunts, competitions and other equestrian events run throughout the year. The on-site Rakener Reiterstube provides catering for riders and guests.

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Sportpferde Tieben

Haren (Ems), Germany

Sportpferde Tieben is a family operation in Haren an der Ems that has bred, schooled, bought and sold sport horses for over 30 years. The stable specialises in show jumpers, hunters, equitation horses and ponies, and keeps a large selection available at a range of training levels. Horses produced or sold by the Tieben family have gone on to win from pony hunter classes up to Grand Prix show jumping around the world. Buyers describe what they are looking for and the team helps match them to a suitable horse.

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Equine therapy

Pferdetherapie Verena Schrader

Hardegsen, Germany

Verena Schrader is a mobile equine physiotherapist and osteopath based in Hardegsen in southern Lower Saxony. She treats horses at their own yards, working on movement problems, rehabilitation after injury, performance issues and general musculoskeletal health. Her methods include manual therapy, osteopathy, craniosacral work, movement therapy, magnetic-field therapy and taping for muscle relaxation or tendon and ligament support. Her approach takes the horse behaviour and temperament into account alongside the physical findings.

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Tack & equestrian shop

Sattelkammer Jonigkeit

Hardegsen, Germany

Sattelkammer Jonigkeit is an equestrian retail shop in southern Lower Saxony that has traded since 1993. It carries a broad range of articles for horse and rider across a showroom of around 200 square metres. Stocked brands include Ariat, Kingsland and Passier. The shop is part of the family-run Pferdesport Jonigkeit business and advises customers in person by appointment and during its published opening hours.

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Riding school

Oscars Farm – Erlebnishof

Hardegsen, Germany

Oscars Farm is an experience farm in the village of Ertinghausen in the Solling hills, run by Heiko Bock. On the horse side it gives riding lessons in a large indoor school, leads ridden excursions through the Solling and runs horse-drawn carriage trips, including a regular group ride for men. The farm also keeps camels, alpacas, donkeys, mini pigs, cattle, chickens, dogs and cats, and offers trekking tours with camels and alpacas. Beef from its own extensive cattle herd can be tasted or bought by the eighth, and guests can stay for a whole weekend.

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Riding school

Reithof Korengel

Hardegsen, Germany

Reithof Korengel is a small family-run riding farm at Hardegsen in southern Lower Saxony. It gives riding lessons every Saturday on its own school horses, for riders who do not have a horse of their own. Guided hacks out from the yard are offered alongside the lessons. The farm also hosts children's birthday parties with the ponies and horses. Visitors are welcome to come along on a Saturday to see the yard before booking.

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Veterinary clinic

Mobile Tierarztpraxis Julia Bäsler

Hanstedt, Germany

Mobile Tierarztpraxis Julia Bäsler is a travelling veterinary practice based at Hanstedt I in the Uelzen district of Lower Saxony. Julia Bäsler is a licensed veterinarian and coach who visits animals at home or at the stable, and also consults online. Her work combines conventional veterinary medicine with complementary approaches, among them innerwise animal, traditional Chinese medicine with acupuncture and herbs, homeopathy, Bach flowers, essential oils and mycotherapy, alongside feeding advice. She also offers innerwise sessions for people.

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Veterinary clinic

Tierarztpraxis Hanstedt

Hanstedt, Germany

Tierarztpraxis Hanstedt is the Lüneburg-Heath arm of the Dr. Kaling group, combining a small-animal clinic with a dedicated equine and large-animal practice on the same site. Practice founder Dr. Jörg Kaling specialises in horses and alpacas, and four veterinarians share the equine caseload. The practice treats horses, small animals, farm livestock and New World camelids using modern diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, and also attends a nearby wildlife park. Consultations run Monday to Saturday by appointment, with emergency cover by phone.

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Tierärztliche Praxis Dr. med. vet. Mareike Bollhorn

Hanstedt, Germany

Dr. Mareike Bollhorn runs a veterinary practice in Hanstedt in the Lüneburg Heath specialising in acupuncture and chiropractic. Horses are treated on site at their own yard, while dogs and cats are seen at the Hanstedt practice. The treatments are used to maintain general health, relieve pain and support performance, and are offered as a complement to conventional veterinary medicine rather than a replacement for it. All appointments are arranged in advance by telephone.

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Veterinary clinic

Pferdeklinik Nindorf

Hanstedt, Germany

Pferdeklinik Nindorf is an equine hospital in the Lüneburg Heath south of Hamburg, open since February 2018 and owned by Dr. Anna Rötting, PhD. The clinic covers surgery, orthopaedics, internal medicine, gynaecology and foal care, dentistry and pre-purchase examinations. Treatment follows current scientific veterinary standards while keeping care individual to each patient. Owner visiting hours are set daily and a 24-hour emergency service operates year round.

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Stall Csaba Sarközi

Hanstedt, Germany

Stall Csaba Sarközi is the training yard of Hungarian-born professional rider and instructor Csaba Sarközi in Hanstedt, Lower Saxony, who moved to Germany in 1999. The stable schools young horses and presents them at competitions, with a particular specialism in eventing horses. Corrective work for horses with gaps or problems in their training is a further focus. Sarközi also teaches riding lessons and runs clinics in Germany and Hungary, including work with the Hungarian youth development programme.

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Riding club

IGV Niedersachsen e.V.

Hanstedt, Germany

IGV Niedersachsen e.V. is an eventing association for Lower Saxony, bringing together riders, trainers and organisers around cross-country and versatility riding. It runs the IGV Trophy series at E and A level and for lead-rein riders across the region, and organises training in dressage, cross-country and indoor work with a range of trainers. The association keeps a directory of every cross-country course in the region and lends out cross-country fences for lessons and competitions. It also supports event organisers with funding, equipment and expertise, and runs a club shop. Membership is open to new members.

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Waldhof Reitanlage Ollsen

Hanstedt, Germany

Waldhof Reitanlage is a riding and boarding yard run by Maud Mackenroth and Mira Mackenroth-Schwab at Ollsen, inside the Lüneburg Heath nature park south of Hamburg. Horses are kept in boxes or in open stabling, and guest horses are taken in for riders passing through. The yard sits on roughly 250 kilometres of connected bridle paths, so hacking and terrain riding are the main draw. Courses and events are held through the year, and a salt-air inhalation room is available on site.

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Islandpferde vom Lührshoff

Hanstedt, Germany

Islandpferde vom Lührshoff is a boarding yard at Nindorf in the Hanstedt area of the Lüneburg Heath, run by Stefanie Haake, with around fifty Icelandic horses kept in small open-stable groups. Separate groups are run for mares, geldings, senior horses and horses with metabolic conditions, and the yard handles supplementary feeding and medication. Facilities include two dressage arenas, a natural oval track, a lunging circle and a gallop track, with extensive hacking through the surrounding heath. Schooling and riding lessons are available, the yard arranges farrier and veterinary visits, and courses, rallies and social events run through the year.

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Seevehof - Coaching, Glamping, Pferdepension

Hanstedt, Germany

Seevehof is a farm at Hanstedt-Weihe in Lower Saxony that combines horse-assisted coaching with livery and farm-stay accommodation. Marie Amrhein leads individual and group coaching sessions in which the horses work as partners in the process, alongside indoor sessions for teams and families. The farm keeps boarded horses and offers rides and hacks out over the land. Guests can stay in a tiny house or camp on the meadows, and the holding is run on organic, sustainable lines.

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Scuderia Hanstedt GmbH&Co.KG

Hanstedt, Germany

Scuderia Hanstedt is a family-run equestrian centre in the Lüneburg Heath at Hanstedt, Lower Saxony. It offers full livery in several box types, with feeding, bedding and daily care handled by qualified staff. Riding instruction covers dressage and jumping, and a riding school with school horses serves children and adults. Horses are also taken in for professional training and coaching, clinics and events are held on site, and hacking country is directly accessible from the yard.

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