Servite Church (Innsbruck)
The Servite Church of St. Josef with adjoining convent of Servite is a church in the Maria Theresa Street in Innsbruck .
history
It was founded between 1613 and 1616, the monastery was donated by Archduke Ferdinand II's widow , Anna Caterina Gonzaga of Mantua , in 1614. The monastery flourished in the 17th century thanks to the support of the Habsburgs . The first building of the monastery and the church burned down in 1620, and everything was destroyed.
The church was consecrated in 1626. The high altar was commissioned by Archduke Leopold V in 1628 and created by the Trentino sculptor and plasterer Matthias Carneri. Later enlargements concerned the side chapel in 1722 and the Peregrini chapel in 1731, the current tower was built in 1899 by Johann Wunibald Deininger . On November 3, 1938, the National Socialist regime was the first to abolish the monastery in Innsbruck. The building was badly damaged in an air raid on December 15, 1943. After 1945 the reconstruction took place, the order returned and since 1947 looks after the newly created parish of St. Josef. Renovations took place in 1968 and 1990.
description
The church is a simple long building parallel to the street with a retracted choir , baroque south tower and a protruding chapel bay window. The three three- yoke hall is covered with a needle cap barrel over slender stucco marble pilasters . The ceiling painting and the fresco of the mercy seat on the outer wall of the chapel bay window were created by Hans Andre in 1947 and 1953, respectively .
Sanctuary
Ceiling fresco
organ
Web links
- Schmid-Pittl: Servite Church of St. Joseph. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 18, 2014 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 15 ′ 50.5 ″ N , 11 ° 23 ′ 40.6 ″ E