The New International Encyclopædia/Hartig, Franz, Count

HARTIG, här'tĭK, Franz, Count (1789-1865). An Austrian statesman. He held a number of important posts under the Government until the appearance of his book, Genesis der Revolution in Oesterreich (3d ed. 1851), describing the beginning of the liberal movement in Austria, forced him into retirement. In 1860 he was elected to the Reichsrat, where he played a prominent part as a member of the Liberal Centralist Party. In 1861 he was called to the Austrian House of Lords, of which he remained a member until his death.