Cats
standard and scale of points has existed since 1929. All that was missing until a few years ago
was a registered breed that corresponded to this standard. Following the 2nd World War,
which interrupted cat breeding in Germany, the only native German longhaired cat breed was
considered extinct.
Longhaired cats in Germany were generically called Angoras and bred for colour, not
conformation. Biologist and zoologist Professor Dr Friedrich Schwangart (1874-1958)
criticized them as generally not meeting the "Hochzuchtperser" ("high-bred Persian")
standard seen in British Persians, hence he created separate standards for the Persian and the
German Longhairs in 1929, describing the differences between the two types. From that
point, breeders of "Angoras" had to decide whether to breed British-style Persians or more
natural-looking German Longhairs. Schwangart hoped the German Longhair, with its silkier
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