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German Hound memorial 

The German Hound Club (DBC e.V.) was founded in 1896 during an international dog show in Berlin and was initially based in Finnentrop, before moving to Olpe in 1911. German Hounds (Bracken) are the progenitors of all droop-eared hunting dogs and are very striking due to their tricolour markings of white, brown and black. This is why they are also often called “multi-coloured dogs”. The official name of the breed is “Deutsche Bracke”, but “Olper Bracke” is also common due to the club’s close association with the town of Olpe.

The German Hound is a faithful companion to hunters in the Sauerland region. It tracks game with its sensitive snout and tenaciously hunts it while voicing loud cries, thus ensuring that it can always be easily identified amid dense woodland.

The German Hound Club also includes the Half Moon Brass Corps, founded in 1954, with its copper “half-moon” bugles. This large hunting horn was widespread throughout northern Germany from the 17th century onwards and was used by hunters to communicate with each other. It was also once made in Olpe.
The half-moon bugle is depicted impressively along with Saint Hubert – the patron saint of hunters – and an Olper Bracke on a window of Saint Martin’s parish church in Olpe.
The German Hound memorial, a bronze plaque on a retaining wall in Weierhohl designed by Attendorn-based artist Karl Josef Hoffmann, was donated to mark the 100th anniversary of the German Hound Club in 1996.

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