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Originally Posted by Horst Weber
Rémi !
"Rauhbautz" is the name of a horse in German military service (Armeepferd), whose adventures were created in two novels by a German writer Lehmann in the beginning of the 1940ties. It's very hard to translate it,. Rauh means raw or rough. Bautz seems to be a local dialect term or an apprevation for the city of Bautzen. Since Bretschneider was a Berlin origin and Bautzen is not so far away, maybe a stud farm existed near Bautzen, which produced "Rauhbautz'es"
Only a guess.
Best wishes !
Horst Weber
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Horst
Being non-German speaking I can only rely on what my memory says here.
Someone has stated that Rauhbautz ment "tough guy" (don't mess around with me or I will kick your xxx type of individual)
Correct? Don't know, but looking at photos of Bretschneider.....perhaps not impossible....
Cheers
Stig