Experience the Münsterland from horseback

Relaxation awaits you after your first ride at Hotel Hermannshöhe: your accommodation, the warmly run country inn, is a former customs station and today a modern hotel with fresh Münsterland cuisine. Legden in the heart of Münsterland stands for Westphalian cosiness and is also called the "dahlia village" - the green park landscape here is enriched by a colourful splendour of blossoms until autumn.

Anyone who loves riding and horses should have been here at least once: The Westphalian Horse Museum with its adjacent horse arena presents numerous horse-related topics on 1,000 square metres of exhibition space on the western edge of the city of Münster. Well worth seeing and a successful conclusion to the beautiful days all about the love of nature and riding pleasure.

Westphalian Horse Museum Münster in the Allwetterzoo Münster
Sentruper Straße 311
48161 Münster

When talking about the Tinker, the first thing that comes to mind is the striking appearance - piebald in all variations, lush kötenbehang, full long hair and the typical little goat's beard on the lower lip. The Irish breed has become a fashionable horse in Europe since the 1990s and still enjoys great popularity in the course of leisure riding.

Originally, Tinkers were draught and work horses of the travelling Travellers, an Irish population group without a permanent residence, who were derogatorily called Tinkers (tinkers, gypsies).
These horses are quite diverse, not only in appearance, as characteristics of warmbloods as well as ponies and cold-bloods can be recognised. From the heavy draught horse with cold blood characteristics to the medium-heavy types and the Tinker with pony influence, different characteristics are possible. All these characteristics make them a perfect companion for a ride - fearless, calm and for almost every size of rider you can also find the right size of horse.