The New International Encyclopædia/Hartig, Georg Ludwig

HARTIG, Georg Ludwig (1764-1837). A German forester. He was born at Gladenbach, and was educated at Giessen, where he studied mathematics, political economy, geodesy, and physics. While in the service of Prince Solms-Braunfeld at Hungen, Hartig established a school of forestry which became the model for future institutions of this kind. In 1811 he was appointed chief of the department of forestry at Berlin; and it was due to his firmness that a large part of the German forests was not sacrificed to meet the financial exigencies of the time. He wrote in all thirty-one works, such as: Anweisung zur Holzzucht für Förster (8th ed. 1818); Lehrbuch für Förster (11th ed. 1877); Lehrbuch für Jäger (11th ed. 1884); and Kubiktabellen (10th ed. 1871).