Ferdinand Poschacher von Poschach/Temp

Ferdinand Poschacher was born in May 15th, 1819, son of Major-General Sebastian Poschacher von Poschach in Innsbruck, Austria. He was enobled on September 30, 1841. On October 31, 1829 he began military education in the Neustadt military academy. He completed this at the end of June 1837. He entered the number 7 regiment of infantry On his transfer to the 5th battalion of Jäger he was promoted to Lieutenant December 1, 1837. With this battalion he took part in the combat against the insurrectionists in Galicia in 1846. Over June 5th, 1846 he was promoted in Oberleutnant with the assignment to the personnel administration where he received his promotion with Hauptmann over June 13th, 1848. The following year he took part in the Italian theatre as an officer of personnel in the division of Feldmarschall-Lieutenant Wilhelm graf Lichnowski and was distinguished during the battle from Novara on the March 23, 1849 which earned for him the military cross of merit. He also received Belobigung of Kaiser for its heroic execution on July 14th, 1849.

During the von according to Ferdinand Poschacher of Poschach years was used for several general engagements of personnel, of 1853 to 1855 when he was a general personnel manager of the 12th army corps, receiving his promotions with the commander over November 10th, 1849, in Oberstleutnant over May 23rd, 1854 and in Oberst im Generalstab on the9th of May 1858. Poschacher as Oberst and a commander of Feldjäger-Battalion 10During the countryside of the von 1859 of Oberst Poschacher Poschach still had the possibility to be distinguished during the combat. For its excellent execution during the battles of the magenta and Turbigo it was honoured with the reward of the 3rd class about the crown with iron with decoration with war. Over November 11th, 1859 it was named the commander of the 10th battalion of Jäger with St.Pölten (Low Austria) the famous "Kopal-Jäger" of the army of Radetzky of 1848. In 1859 this battalion, still after 1848/49, covered with glory but had also suffered the serious accidents.

During the following years Oberst Poschacher rebuilt this unit exhausted again with its old art of the self-portrait with a return of the old spirit of elite. On the 27th one of the von of June 1865 Ferdinand Poschacher Poschach was favoured in Generalmajor and ensured the ordering of a brigade of the 1st army corps. When the war counters Prussia started, the 1st army corps, ordered by graf Palourde-clam-Gallas of Cavallerie Eduard of DER of General, wrote the scene in the Scandinavian theatre of independent of Bohemia at the beginning of the remainder of the army of the north which grouped in Moravie. The brigade of Poschacher consisting mainly of regiments 30 and 34 and battalion 18 of infantry of Feldjäger ordered by Oberst Franz Bergou, Oberst Karl Schwertführer and von Hohendorf d' Oberstlieutenant Sigmund Tobias respectively saw the first time the action counters elements of the 1st Prussian army (15th brigade of infantry under von Bose de Generalmajor) during the street battles in the battle at Podol over 26th June 1866. The heavy accidents suffered by brigade with the hands from the Prussian needle shoots and was withdrawn on orders of graf clam in the hours early. The 1st withdrawal following of body to the sector of Münchengrätz, the brigade of Poschacher was ordered from Jicin (Gitschin) where it still engaged Prussians over 29th June. After hard having fought at Jicin, the brigade of Poschacher was obliged to withdraw itself after the Prussian forces appeared with the back and with the remainder of the 1st bodies reprocessed with the sector of concentration of Königgrätz where they met the major part of the army of north under von Benedek de Feldzeugmeister Ludwig Ritter. At the beginning in the reservation during the battle of Königgrätz over July 3rd, 1866, brigade of Generalmajor Poschacher was invested in the attack on Chlum at the posterior stages of the battle.

He was killed in the action all in valiantly carrying out its brigade and accompanying its 18th battalion by Jäger to the top of the slopes of Chlum. The brigade of three Poschacher of periods had attacked Chlum. It was in vain, Königgrätz and indeed the war was effectively lost. The death of Poschacher made, close to the von of Generalmajor Gustav Edler Fragern (at Skalitz) and Generalmajor Karl Schulz (at Königgrätz), one of three Austrian general officers who were killed in the action during this war. The war was contemporarily seen because a war between the brothers (of German) and Königgrätz was largest and the bloodiest battle during this countryside, the battle field was so large and full with the remains this its dead-man could not be found during weeks.

Finally its widow who joined horrible research controlled lucky find his mutilated body, identifying it only by one medallion around its neck! For his valiant control during the battle of Königgrätz it was honoured with the reward of the cross of the knight about Leopold with the decoration of war over October 3rd, 1866 – on a purely posthumous basis.