Historically grown cultural center with 800jaehriger past. City of the art treasures, famous for its "golden Dachl", "black Mander", the imperial yard castle and lock the Ambras. Alive history, connected with large names such as emperors Maximilian I. and Maria Theresia. Combat place around Tiroler liberty and sporty medals. City-stroll and summit victory. Tiroler evening, blowing music and baroque opera, leather trousers and tuxedo. University -, congress and purchase city.

 
Yard church with silver chapel


1553 -, one builds the yard church for 1563, under Ferdinand I.. It contains the empty grave monument emperor Maximilians I., the Sarkophag with kneel-ends emperors, at the sides is 24 marble reliefs with the acts of the emperor to be seen, and as dead escort 28 survive-large bronze statues. The grave monuments of Andreas Hofer and of other freedom fighters are likewise in the yard church. Opening times:

Monday - Saturday: 9,00-17,00 o'clock


 

 

 

 

     
     
     

The Wiltener Basilika, Pfarr and pilgrimage church, belongs to the art jewels of Innsbruck. As the legend reports, already Roman Legionaere at this place a Marienbild admired. 1140 were taken over their support by the medal of the Praemonstratenser. one already heard 1259 of the church of "our high wife", to whom in the consequence an active barrier travel movement began. Soon the existing church became too small; one converts it several times. Again because of state of decay it was established to 1751-56 by the building master and minister Franz de Paula Penz after plans of Josef Stapf (feet). Before the Basilika lies a larger place, which lets the beautiful baroque front particularly become effective. The inside the Basilika is mixed an intoxication tender ester colors, with festive gold and delicate Rococo stucco, which Franz Xaver Feichtmayr and Anton Gigl actually put as Gespinst over those strict architecture. M. Guenther from Augsburg created the splendourful cover paintings, which show scenes from the life Mariens. The plastic decoration originates from Josef Stapf from feet, likewise the statues on the pulpit. Splendour-fully also the high altar with the four columns. They surround the structure of altar, which is considered by a giant crown. Among them in the strahlenkranz the grace picture, one about 90 cm high nut/mother God statue with child from sandstone, in the style hochgotisch, from the first half 14. Jhd.

 
     
The area at the Bergisel was already at present the urn field period (approx. 1000 v. Chr.)besiedelt. The Romans had approximately, where today pin stands, their settlement and the castellet "Veldidena". Around 565 in a report on a journey a Laurentiuskirche is mentioned here.After the legend a giant named Haymon, a Germanic immigrant is after a fight with the native giant Tyrsus, which he had killed thereby, to the Suehne a monastery built (around 878). The Haymonstatue in the input area pin-church-holds the tongue from it defeated in the Sillschlucht living kite in the left hand. A convention of world priests was when desired replaced still 1138 ago the Brixener Dioezesanbischofs from Praemonstratensern from red at the red. At the 30.April 1138 Pope Innozenz II. confirmed their community. 1180 left the Wilten the count von Andechs Berthold III areas to pin to the right Innseite, so that could establish to this those-today's old part of town of Innsbruck. Among other things count Berthold gave the so-called Wiltener handle cup, a Saxonian work of that time to the pin. The choir gentlemen took over at that time the three Urpfarren Wilten, Ampass and Patsch, out those later the 21 Pfarreien developed, which care for the priests of the pin today seelsorglich. A large bloom time experienced that pin in 17. and 18.Jahrhundert. At that time one builds the baroque monastery, after the for the time being romanischenGebaeude became destroyed by fires, existing today, and the gotische monastery plant established then through denEinsturz the church tower wurde.Im year 1665 the baroque pin church inaugurated.
 
     

 

 

 

Cathedral to st. James


The building of baroque became from 1717 - 24 in place of older churches builds. The building of predecessors originated from the gothic. At the altar is the famous Maria helping picture of Lukas Cranach d.Ae., the Deckenfresken and stucco works comes from the brothers Asam. From the cathedral the Innsbrucker peace bell play (Carillon) rings out. The tomb of ore duke Maximillian III. the German master of Caspar grass originates from the year 1620. The cathedral was again opened to 1993 after 2-jaehriger renovation. No inspection during the fairs! Please do not photograph.

Opening times: 7.00 to 20,00 o'clock daily.

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Cathedral to st. James

cathedral place A-6020 Innsbruck Austria

 
Ambras One of the most beautiful Renaissance locks of Austria, oldest art and preparation collection European-wide, by the Habsburger ore duke Ferdinand II (1529-1595; Spanish hall, Portaitgalerie of European dynasties 14.-15.Jh., approx.. 250 exhibits.

Opening times: 1.April to 31.Oktober daily 10,00 to 17.00

November closed

1. December until 31 March: daily except Tuesday 14,00 to 17.00
Shuttle bus starting from Maria Theresien road