Ferdinand Schrottenbach

Ferdinand Schrottenbach (born October 23, 1957 in Villach ; † March 16, 1991 in Vienna ) was an Austrian police officer with the rank of district inspector who was violently killed on duty. The scrap Bachgasse in Vienna / Währing is named after him.

On March 16, 1991, the 22-year-old high school student Harald Scheucher carried out an armed robbery on a Billa branch in Franz-Klein-Gasse in Vienna's 19th district ( Döbling ), stole several thousand schillings and ran in the direction of Währinger Park . The police officers received an order over the radio from the "Ida 1" patrol car to pursue the robber. In the vicinity of the Nussdorfer Straße tram station, they met a young man who matched the description of the perpetrator. Schrottenbach asked him to show his papers, but instead of his ID, Scheucher drew a pistol and shot Schrottenbach. His colleague was able to incapacitate and arrest the perpetrator with a shot in the hand. Scheucher was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, but was released from prison earlier.

3,000 police officers paid their last respects to their dead colleague with a silent march through downtown Vienna. In 1992, a street in the 18th district was named Schrottenbachgasse in his memory .

Ferdinand Schrottenbach left a wife and a 4-year-old son.

Web links

• unofficial memorial site for police officers