Alpine cattle

The Braunvieh is a breed of domestic cattle. The breeding of this breed began in the 15th century in Einsiedeln monastery in central Switzerland, from there it spread to Tyrol. Since the mid-1960s, the native population has been converted into the current Brown Swiss by crossing in American-bred Brown-Swiss. Apart from Switzerland, the Brown Swiss are mainly kept in South Tyrol, in Austria in Vorarlberg, West Tyrol and Upper Styria and in Germany in Swabia and Allgäu.