Einsiedler
{{Short description|Swiss breed of horse}}
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| name = Einsiedler
| image = Kloster Einsiedeln - Marstall 2010-11-29 15-55-04.JPG
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| image_caption = In the Abbey of Einsiedeln
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| status = {{ubl|FAO (2007): no data{{r|barb|p=113}}|DAD-IS (2023): extinct{{r|dad}}}}
| altname = {{ubl|Einsiedeln|Cavallo della Madonna}}
| country = Switzerland
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The Einsiedler or Einsiedeln is a historic Swiss population or breed of warmblood horse with roots going back to the eleventh century.{{r|cabi|p=463}} It was – and still is – bred at the Benedictine Abbey of Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz, and is sometimes known as the Cavallo della Madonna.{{r|save2|p=300}} In the mid-twentieth century the stud-book was discontinued and the Einsiedler was merged with the Swiss Halfblood and with traditional local breeds including the Ajoie, the Erlenbacher and the Entlebucher to create the Swiss Warmblood, a modern sport horse. Although it is reported to be extinct,{{r|save2|p=300|pro|dad}} the traditional type is still bred at the abbey; there are perhaps a hundred of them in all, with fewer than ten foals born each year.{{r|elise|p=202}}
Breeding records were kept at the abbey from 1655; a more detailed stud-book was begun in 1784.{{r|edwards|p=134}}
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{{Horse breeds of Switzerland}}