Habsburg
the hawk's castle), a small place in the Swiss Canton of Aargau, on the right bank of the Aar. The castle was built about 1027 by_Bishop Werner of Strassburg. Werner II., who died in 1096, is said to have been the first to assume the title of Count of Hapsburg.
After the death, about 1232, of Rudolph II., the family divided into two branches, the founder of one of which was Albert IV. In 1273 Rudolph, son of Albert IV., HARAR was chosen Emperor of Germany, and from him descended the series of Austrian monarchs, all of the Hapsburg male line, down to Charles IV. inclusive.
After that the dynasty, by the marriage of Maria Theresa to Francis Stephen of Lorraine, became the Hapsburg-Lor- . Francis II., the third of this line, was the last of the so-called "Holy Roman Emperors," this old title being changed by him for that of Emperor of Austria. From the Emperor Rudolph was also descended a Spanish dynasty which began with the Emperor Charles V. ( Charles I. of Spain), and terminated with Charles II. in 1700. The castle of Hapsburg is still to be seen on the Wülpelsberg. In 1881 the Austrians proposed to purchase the castle of Hapsburg and give it as a wedding gift to the Crownprince of Austria; but the people of refused to hear of the sale.
HARAR (hä-rär'), a city of Africa, in the country of the Gallas, about 200 miles W. S. W. of Berberah ; on the slopes of the mountains which surround it, Mount Hakim on the W. rising to 8,400 feet. It is fenced with a low wall and forts, the wall being pierced by five gates. The streets are simply waterchannels crossing the uneven surface; the houses are partly stone edifices, partly partly huts. In the neighborhood are groves and coffee gardens.
Coffee, hides, cattle, and a dyestuff called wars, are the principal objects of commerce.
Harar, which was converted to Islam in 152 1521, was formerly the capital of an independent state. In 1875 it was conquered by the Egyptians, who, however, handed it back ever, handed it back to its native emir the same year. Pop. composed of native Harari (nearly one-half), Gallas, Somali and Abyssinians.