LARGE MUNSTERLANDER
		FCI Standard nº 118 / 12. 10. 1998 / GB Date of Publication of The Original Valid Standard : 24.06.1987. Origin: Germany. Origin name: Grosser Münsterländer Vorstehhund. Utilization: Versatile, useful multi-purpose gundog. His strength is his work after the shot. FCI  Classification - Group 7 - Pointing Dogs. - Section 1.2 - Continental Pointing Dogs « Spaniel type ». - With working trial. * Updated on October, 13 - 2004

HISTORICAL SUMMARY - The historical development of the large Munsterlander goes back to the white/particolour bird and hawking dog of the Middle Ages via the Stöberhund and Wachtelhund to the Pointer of the 19th century. The Large Munsterlander as well as the Small Munsterlander and the Deutsch-Langhaar (German Longhair) belong to the family of the longhaired German Pointing Dogs, whose planned breeding began towards the end of the 19th Century. After the « German Longhair Club » finally excluded the black colour from breeding in 1909, the « Club for the pure breeding of the black and white Münsterland Pointers » (founded in 1919) took over the breeding of the black and white Longhair.
After incorporating the remainder of these native Longhairs, in particular from West-Münsterland and lower Saxony, onto a foundation list, the Club began the planned breeding of the Large Munsterlander in 1922.
The foundation list comprised 83 dogs. Descendants of the dogs on the original list were entered into the stud book for Large Munsterlander. The Club keeping the stud records is the « Verband Grosse Münsterländer e.V. », to date organised in eight independent regional groups. The « Verband Grosse Münsterländer » is a member of the V.D.H. (Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen) and of the Federation of Working Gundogs (JGHV).