Spanische Hofreitschule Wien - Lipizzaner Vorführungen 2026

UNESCO Cultural Heritage site in Vienna's Hofburg performing classical dressage with Lipizzaners since 1565.

• Founded 1565 under the Habsburgs; over 460 years of continuous classical riding tradition
• Performances in the Baroque Winter Riding School (built 1729-1735 by Fischer von Erlach)
• Exclusively trains Lipizzaner horses bred at Piber Federal Stud in Styria
• UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: classical horsemanship (2015), Lipizzaner breeding (2022)
• Programme: levade, capriole, courbette, school quadrilles, pas de deux, long-rein work
• First women accepted as riders in 2008 after 443 years as all-male institution