Hofkirche Innsbruck

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. The church also contains the tomb of Andreas Hofer, Tyrol's national hero. An other point of interest in the Court Church is the Ebert organ. Jörg Ebert from Ravensburg built it 1555 to 1561. The organ even today is located at the initial installation site as a "swallow's nest organ". It is restored by Jürgen Ahrend (1977).