Polish Red Cattle.

The name “das Polnische Rotvieh,” translated into Polish as “Polskie Bydło Czerwone” (Polish Red Cattle), was proposed by Franciszek Holdefleiss – a professor of animal husbandry in Vienna in 1897 and Leopold Adametz – head of the Department of Animal Husbandry at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków in 1901.

The origins of breeding Polish Red Cattle date back to the second half of the 19th century, when farms specializing in this breed began to emerge in Polish territories, particularly in what was then Galicia. According to various sources, the first farms appeared around 1850 with some established in the Limanowa district recognized as the homeland of the submontane variety of the Polish Red Cow, as early as 1876.

Today, Polish Red Cattle are primarily found in the southern regions of Lesser Poland region (Małopolska). Smaller populations of this breed can also be encountered in other parts of the country, including Podkarpacie, Mazovia, Warmia and Mazury and Podlasie. The total population of this breed is currently estimated at approximately 20,000 animals, of which only about 2,500 are recorded in herd books for the breed and evaluated for milk and meat performance.

Source: polskaczerwona.pl

Photos below: Polish Red Cattle grazing in Umianowice.
Photo credit: Robert Pisarczyk