 Shortly before the second Turkish siege of Vienna in July 1683 Hocher died at "Gundelhof" in Vienna (now Number 4, Bauernmarkt in the First District of Vienna).He was buried in the family vault in Kuefstein'schen, Greillenstein (Horn District, Lower Austria).The foundation charter of the University of Innsbruck (April 26, 1677) bears his countersignature.