Daniel von Peharnik-Hotkovich

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Daniel Freiherr von Peharnik-Hotkovich

Daniel Freiherr von Peharnik-Hotkovich ( Croat . Barun Daniel Peharnik-Hotković ), (* 1745 in Šipak (today Budrovci Draganićki near Karlovac ), Croatia ; † September 4, 1794 in Vienna ) was a Croatian nobleman , Austrian general and knight in the military -Mary Theresa Order .

Life

Peharnik-Hotkovich came from a Croatian - Ukrainian family whose members had served in various armies for more than three centuries. In 1762, at the age of 17, he joined the Szluin regiment that had been newly established by Count Benvenuto Sigmund von Petazzi two years earlier . Within seven years (at the age of 24) he was promoted to captain and four years later, in 1773, made major in the Liccans .

In the Bavarian War of Succession he was already a lieutenant colonel ; at Komeise he attacked a Prussian battalion on the night of September 16-17 , 1778 , drove the enemy from the dominant heights near Mösnig near Jägerndorf and set the log houses on fire. Once again he distinguished himself on November 26th in the battle near Weißkirchen . In 1783 Peharnik became a colonel in the regiment and in 1786 he was transferred to the Ogulinern in the same capacity . The Turkish war began two years later .

Attack on Dresnik (Croatian Drežnik )

Soon after the opening of hostilities, on February 9, 1788, Peharnik sent his 22-year-old son as a parliamentarian with a trumpeter to the Turkish commandant of Drežnik Castle to ask him to surrender. The enemy received them both with gunfire and Peharnik's son lost his life on this mission. Now Peharnik had the castle bombed for two days, forced the surrender and took 178 prisoners. Soon afterwards he accompanied Emperor Joseph II , who had a cash reward distributed to the brave regiment, to Drežnik.

An attempt by the Turks in April to take Drežnik again, Peharnik fought off with his armed forces, proceeding with great determination. At Bihacz ( Croat . Bihać) he held out with his regiment set up in a square for two hours against a large enemy superiority. He gave new evidence of his courageously paired heroism at the siege of Castle Czettin (Croat. Cetingrad) in 1790. Before the siege had begun, he burned all of the enemy Czartaks (guard houses) around the fortress, taking them all despite the fierce resistance dominating heights in the inaccessible Turkish forests, entrenched them, put up barriers at suitable points and did everything that the cover of the later advancing siege corps could secure and maintain. After the fortress was set on fire on July 20 and the storm began, enemy detachments rushed to throw themselves at the imperial troops. With a few companies Peharnik occupied the trenches and breach batteries, from which the team had rushed to the storm in the heat of the fight, and in this way Peharnik covered the back of the breached breach, resolutely repulsed the advancing enemy and secured the imperial troops the possession of the just now taken fortress.

Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order

For these acts of arms, Peharnik was awarded the Military Maria Theresa Order in his 23rd doctorate (from December 19, 1790). Earlier in 1789, Peharnik had been appointed major general and when the war was over he received a brigade in Bellowar (Croatian Bjelovar).

In 1791 he was raised to the baron rank, which was given in consideration of his merits under one of the three sons of his brother Johann Nepomuk von Peharnik, who died as a major in the banal regiment. Of these, the eldest served, Adam, at that time in the imperial army, had taken part in the 1778 campaign as the gallop of Feldzeugmeister Baron Joseph Nikolaus de Vins and Field Marshal Laudon and participated in the three Turkish campaigns and distinguished himself as a captain in the Vukassovich and Gyulay Freicorps; the second Nicholas, served in the banal office and later as a clerk at the justice department, but the third, Franz, was an ensign in Count Eduard d'Alton's infantry regiment.

Daniel Freiherr von Peharnik-Hotkovich died on September 4, 1794 in Vienna.

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