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Reading137 Hofkirche Innsbruck

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Reading137 Hofkirche Innsbruck

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  1. 137 Reading

  2. The Hofkirche Innsbruck

  3. The Hofkirche (Court Church) is a Gothic church located in the Altstadt (Old Town) section of Innsbruck, Austria. The church was built in 1553 by Emperor Ferdinand I (1503–1564) as a memorial to his grandfather Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519), whose cenotaph within boasts a remarkable collection of German Renaissance sculpture

  4. The Habsburg Emperor Maximilian I (1459 - 1519), ruler of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, made Innsbruck the center of his empire. Alongside major reforms, Emperor Maximilian I also left behind prestigious buildings that serve as a reminder of his person and, above all, of his power

  5. During his lifetime he commissioned plans for his own monumental sepulcher complete with an impressive (partly fictitious) ancestral gallery in the form of 40 larger-than-life bronze figures (200-250 cm)

  6. The cenotaph is surrounded by 24 marble reliefs depicting his accomplishments, as well as 28 larger-than-life-size statues (200-250 cm) of ancestors (including King Arthur of England), relatives and heroes. Their creation took place between 1502-1555 and occupied a number of artists

  7. Duchess Cunegond of Bavaria (1465 – 1520) Cunegond was the only sister of Maximilian I and wife of Archduke Albrecht IV of Bavaria

  8. The Bronze statue of Duchess Cunegond of Bavaria has a height of 208 cm

  9. Duchess Mary of Burgundy, Queen Elisabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol and Duchess Cunegond of Bavaria (from left to right)

  10. Duchess Mary of Burgundy, who was believed to be one of the most beautiful women of her time, the first wife of Emperor Maximilian I, was the daughter and single child of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy

  11. Duchess Mary of Burgundy (1457 – 1482)

  12. Duchess Mary of Burgundy died at an early age in consequence of a hunting accident followed by a miscarriage

  13. They say, Maximilian could never cope with her early death. He has published in memory of his beloved first wife the story of his courtship and Brautfahrt in Theuerdank with epic verses in 1517

  14. Duchess Zimburgis of Masovia The Polish princess was the grandmother of Maximilian and the wife of Ernst, „The Iron Duke“ (1377 – 1424), who like her son, Emperor Friedrich III (1415 – 1493), became part of the funeral procession.

  15. Duchess Zimburgis of Masovia It is told that the lady was extremely strong despite her pettiness in the execution, which can not be hidden by the opulent drapery of her cape and puffed up sleeves as well as the roomy skirt. She would have been able to bend horseshoes by her hand, to crack nuts with her fingers, to drive nails into the wall with her bare hand, to pull out iron nails from the wall with her bare hand and much more are telling us the legends

  16. In the course of a journey in 1519, the Emperor died in the castle of Wels before his plans for his own monumental sepulcher were realized, and he was buried in the Wiener Neustadt, the town of his birth. Unfortunately it proved impractical to construct there the large memorial

  17. His grandson Emperor Ferdinand I planned the construction of a new church and monastery in Innsbruck as a suitable memorial; the Hofkirche, which was built between 1553 and 1563. In 1584, under the auspices of Archduke Ferdinand II, the cenotaph was finally completed.

  18. Four women are holding an open book in their left hand (the right hand is reserved for holding the candle), one of them is apparently reading in her open (prayer ?) book

  19. Elizabeth Princess of Carinthia of Gorizia -Tyrol (1262 – 1313) was the daughter of Count Meinhard II of Gorizia -Tyrol and Elizabeth of Bavaria. She married the Habsburg King Albrecht I, the son of King Rudolf

  20. Queen Elizabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol gave birth to 21 children and so became the ancestress of the Habsburg. She is to be considered as a strong-minded character with some interest on pragmatic political and economic affairs which tasks she did solve independently and successfully. The salt production in Hallstatt she did promote considerably

  21. Queen Elizabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol When in 1308 her husband, Albrecht I, was murdered because of probate dispute in the Habsburg family she pushed her claim of the punishment of the murders. Though as a queen Elizabeth had determined successfully the Habsburg policy, she went into the cloister Königsfelden, which she had built on the spot where her husband had been murdered

  22. The complete construction of the cenotaph and the figures took more than 80 years

  23. Elisabeth von Luxemburg, Duchess Mary of Burgundy and Queen Elizabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol

  24. Text and pictures: Internet http://www.readingwoman.org/en/cols/2008/11.html All copyrights belong to their respective owners Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu https://www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda https://ma-planete.com/michaelasanda 2016 Sound: Ludwig van Beethoven - The Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68

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