page_title: Weimaraner
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Weimaraner / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Leithund aus dem Buch von Johann Elias Ridinger
context_page_description: The Weimaraner is a large dog that was originally bred for hunting in the early 19th century. Early Weimaraners were used by royalty for hunting large game such as boar, bear and deer. As the popularity of large game hunting began to decline, Weimaraners were used for hunting smaller animals like fowl, rabbits and foxes.
  The Weimaraner is an all-purpose gun dog. The name comes from the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Karl August, whose court, located in the city of Weimar, enjoyed hunting.
context_section_description: The Weimaraner was kept in the Weimar court in the 19th century and carried a good deal of Leithound ancestry. Two theories propose that they descended from the Chien-gris dogs, or the St. Hubert Hound whose descendant is the Bloodhound.
caption: Leithund, major contributor to the Weimaraner[1]
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