At the end of World War I, the Habsburg family’s 339-year reign was over, and the Imperial Royal Court Karst Stud Farm Lipica closed permanently.
From the ashes of the war, three separate Lipizzaner stud farms rose. The Lipizzaners who evacuated to Kladruby remained in newly-formed Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).
Austria and Italy divided the herd in Laxenburg. Italy brought their half back to Lipica, which was now in their territory. Austria transferred its 97 Lipizzaners to Piber near Graz, Austria, in 1920.
Because Lipica was now part of Italy, the Spanish Riding School in Vienna began its breeding program at the Piber Federal Stud in 1920.
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