Found the information that I had read. It was from when I looked up golden lakenvelder and hit the wiki link, here's a copy of it. Apparently the lakenvelder was used to make the vorwerks. Hope this helps you some
History
Beginning in 1900, poultry breeder Oskar Vorwerk began to create a medium-sized, utilitarian fowl with the belted plumage pattern of the
Lakenvelder. The key difference in appearance would be the Vorwerk's dark golden base color, rather than the white of the Lakenvelder. Thus, his chicken is sometimes incorrectly called the
Golden Lakenvelder, especially in North America. The Golden Lakenvelder, a plumage variety, is a separate breed from the Vorwerk.
[2] Breeds used to create the Vorwerk included the Lakenvelder,
Buff Orpington,
Buff Sussex and
Andalusian. By 1913, the Vorwerk was standardized. However, it never really gained widespread use, and is rare or non-existent outside Continental Europe.
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[edit] Vorwerk bantam
In 1966, a U.S. man named Wilmar Vorwerk of New Ulm, MN developed an interest in the breed, but it had not been exported to North America. Thus, he created a
bantam version from scratch using Lakenvelders, Buff and Blue
Wyandottes, Black-tailed Buff and Buff Columbian
Rosecombs. European fanciers have also independently miniaturized a bantam Vorwerk. Though the large fowl Vorwerk has never been accepted in the
American Poultry Association's
Standard of Perfection, the American Bantam Association has recognized the U.S. version of the Vorwerk Bantam.
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