Mathias Neubauer - a native of Rügen - runs a farm and wagoner's yard on Hiddensee. He manages many grassland, dike and heath areas with his sheep. He also offers carriage rides and guided rides across the Island with his horses.
Since his childhood the trained farmer had always had a lot to do with animals, inevitably because his father is a veterinarian. At first, he had found his passion in horses and kept some animals as a hobby but, after the fall of the Berlin Wall - in 1992 to be precise - father and son came up with the idea of setting up a horse farm on the neighbouring Island. When the opportunity to lease land came up, they jumped at the chance and built up an agricultural business in addition to the horse business. They started with horse and suckler cow husbandry. In 2003, however, they restructured their farm a bit and went back to sheep, especially the breed that his father had already kept in GDR times; the Pomeranian Land sheep.