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About Innsbruck- The capital of the alps

Anyone who visits the Tyrolean Capital, Innsbruck, will immediately notice the close coexistence of culture and nature. Located on Europe’s most important transport lines between North and South, East and West and nestled in the mountains of the northern “Chalk Alps” and the Central Alps, the city was and still is a place of meeting, of cultural exchange, trade, science and – above all more recently – of sport.

This union is visible all around, even in the middle of the historic city centre with its artistic buildings, museums and churches: the view down the splendid Maria Theresien street to the medieval old town with the majestic Nordkette mountain chain providing a stunning backdrop; the view of the baroque Triumphal Arch with the city’s spectacular new icon, theBergisel ski jump, designed by top architect Zaha Hadid.

If you stroll through the centre you learn a lot about the history of the pretty old town: Habsburg Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519), in particular, shaped the image of Innsbruck at the transition from medieval to Renaissance. He made the city the centre of his empire, which stretched from Spain and Burgundy to Hungary. He was responsible for the building of Innsbruck’s symbols, the“Golden Roof” and the “Zeughaus” ,which is situated in the east of the city and now houses a museum. For his artistically decorated tomb, Maximilian planned an escort of life-size bronze figures, which were designed by prominent artists of his time. The 28 so-called “Schwarze Mander“ (black men), which represent Maximilian’s ancestors and descendents, were worked on by painter Albrecht Dürer as well as castors Stefan Godl, Peter Vischer and Peter Löffler, among others. They were not finished, however, until Maximilian’s grandson Ferdinand I took over and had this significant piece of Renaissance art displayed inInnsbruck’s Hofkirche (court church). This is situated on the east side of the old town next to the Hofburg Imperial Palace, which was built in the 15th century and, until the baroque period, redesigned several times.

At the same time, until around 1600, a large number of houses were built in Innsbruck’s old town - often four or five storeys high and packed closely together.