!!!Hofkirche

Hofkirche Church (also called Heiligkreuz or Franciscan church) in 
Innsbruck, built in 1553-63 as a monastic church and as the location 
of the  Maximilian, Tomb of after plans by A. Crivelli, executed by N. 
Tuering d. J. and Marx della Bolla, a major œuvre of early 
Renaissance in the Tirol. Heavily damaged during an earthquake (1689), 
restored and decorated with enormous Baroque ceiling stuccos under 
Emperor Leopold I. Prince´s Choir of Archduke Ferdinand II, 
designed as a Renaissance gallery with wooden inlays; Renaissance 
organ (1560); Classicist altar by N. Pacassi, donated by Maria 
Theresia (1758). Tombs: Katharina of Loxan (with Sarcophagus by A. 
Colin), Bishop J. Nasus, A. Hofer (body transferred there from Mantua 
in 1823), etc.

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Attached to the Hofkirche Church is the Silver Chapel, built in 2 
stages 1577/78 and 1586/87 by Hans Lucchese as tomb for Archduke 
Ferdinand II (d. 1595) and his first wife Philippine Welser 
(d. 1580) (sepulchres by A. Colin). The altar of the Virgin Mary 
with embossed silver decorations by Anton Ort gave the chapel its 
name. 5 historic bells (16%%sup th/% /17%%sup th/%  centuries).

!Literature
Oesterr. Kunsttopographie vol. 47: Innsbruck - 
Hofbauten,1986.


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