In Austria, a district (Bezirk) is an administrative division normally encompassing several municipalities, roughly equivalent to the Landkreis in Germany. The administrative office of a district, the Bezirkshauptmannschaft, is headed by a Bezirkshauptmann.
New! The Horses of the Plains. Most of the evolutionary development of the horse (54 million years ago to about 10,000 years ago) actually took place in North America, where they developed the very successful strategy of grazing (eating grass) rather than browsing (eating softer succulent leaves).
Spain Horses were transported from the Old World, such as Spain, to the New world, by European explorers like Columbus and Cortez. In Eurasia, the horse was useful for long distance travel. In the old world, Europeans ate horse steaks. Certain people, such as the tartars, also drank mareâs milk.