 On the morning of 25 September, prior to the second Battle of Zurich, Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze and his chief of staff were killed there while conducted a reconnaissance ride near the village of Schänis, on the Linth river by a party French scouts from the 25th Demi-brigade.Initially, Hotze was taken from the battlefield to the church in Schänis, where he was buried.In 1851, his body was moved to Bregenz and established in a monument there.