Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart

Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart (; 12 February 1824 in Vienna – 26 April 1899)<ref>"Hohenwart, Karl Siegmund, Graf von." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 5 Nov. 2006 <http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article-9040747>.</ref> was an Austrian politician who served as Minister-President of Austria in 1871. Hohenwart’s government attempted to implement a Federalist agreement between Bohemia and the governing Austro-Hungarian Empire. This attempt to conciliate the Bohemian Czechs caused massive criticism, and led to the fall of the Hohenwart government only months after it assumed office. Hohenwart's political posts and views Karl Hohenwart was a German aristocrat and devout Roman Catholic. He held administrative posts in Carniola and Trentino (Italian speaking Tyrol). In 1868, Hohenwart became the Governor of Upper Austria. Hohenwart was the leader of the Conservative Federalists political faction in Austria. His political beliefs revolved around the view that Federalism and conciliation of Slavs was the only way to preserve the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hohenwart believed that Federalism was only possible with equality between the nationalities of the Empire. Furthermore, Hohenwart believed in dealing only with leading nobles and other members at the top of the social order. Hohenwart distrusted social change. Hohenwart premiership