Servitenkirche, Innsbruck, Baroque church in Maria-Theresien-Straße, Innsbruck, Austria.
The Servitenkirche is a simple long building parallel to Maria-Theresien-Straße, with a retracted choir, a baroque south tower and a projecting chapel bay. Its three-bay hall is covered by a barrel vault with lunettes on slender stucco-marble pilasters. The ceiling painting and the fresco of the Gnadenstuhl on the chapel bay's outer wall were made by Hans Andre in 1947 and 1953.
Construction began in 1613 and the building was reconstructed following a fire in 1620, then consecrated in 1626. The Gonzaga family initiated the project with backing from the Habsburg rulers.
The church keeps the mortal remains of its founder Anna Caterina Gonzaga and her daughter Maria of Austria, moved here in 1783. The ceiling painting and the fresco of the Gnadenstuhl on the outer wall of the chapel bay were made by Hans Andre in 1947 and 1953. Since 1947 the Servite order has served the parish of St. Josef.
The church stands on the Maria-Theresien-Straße, parallel to the street, with its baroque south tower and the projecting chapel bay visible from the pavement. The Walcker organ dates from 1976. The interior is a three-bay hall under a barrel vault with stichkappen, carried on slender stucco-marble pilasters.
Inside the church rest the remains of Anna Caterina Gonzaga, widow of Archduke Ferdinand II and founder of the monastery, and of her daughter Maria of Austria (1584–1649); both were moved here in 1783. The Walcker organ dates from 1976.
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