| Show pv W ancient city of innsbruck most alos t imp important ortan t town to wn of the th e A austrian us tyrol and replete with historic associations claims the travelers attention WWW special correspondence HE most direct route from italy to germany leads over the bren ner pass through innsbruck botzen and many smaller tyrolese towns innsbruck the most important city of the austrian tyrol lies north of the pass walled in by lofty and impressive mountains lying in the valley of the river inn the town is apparently surrounded by mountains and has on one side such a mighty wall of gray and barren rock that its broad matri man street Is darl ly shadowed and it is difficult from this point to get a glimpse of the blue sk sly the grandeur of this frowning mass of solid rock is ansur passed and the city itself with its ancient towers ana tall monuments sinks into insignificance at the foot of the great mouD mountain tain chain vischer the celebrated german artist when napoleon I 1 drove the aus arians from the tyrol in the early part of the nineteenth century the outraged peasants arose in thousands appointed andreas hofer their coin mander in chief and fought bravely for their old allegiance andreas hofer the landlord of an inn called tl TI e sands became one of the most celebrated heroes in tyro lese icse history and even now his name is sung and toasted by the students ot of austrian and german universities under his command the tyrolese won at first the victory and the austrian eagle carved out of wood was car ned ried in tn tri mph agh the streets of innsbruck but the day of hofer s power was a short one as napoleon finally sepa retted rated the tyrol from austria un und d hofer was forced to fly from his country he was at length captured and executed at mantua where the f Z 4 1 0 6 t y INTERIOR OF innsbruck Inns bruck the town was founded as far back as ab the twelfth century when a market place vas as established on the left bank of the inn with a bridge crossing the river and leiding up to it As the land on the left bank of the river grew too small for the increase ing population a plin of considerable s ze on the right bank was added and in 1187 the village was called in sprucke or the bridge of the inn halt half a century later the thriving town mccame a city under the cobiro of the counts of the inn valley and nd I 1 in the course of years or more grew to be the center of comfere com mere and learning in the tyrol the churches in innsbruck are well filled on sunday ab u the people of the town are devout and regular churchgoers not far from the parish church but on the other side of the river the nuns chant their vespers in a dimly lighted chapel while their thin and rassi passionless onless voices seem to come from some faraway far away invisible world but the most interesting of all the churches in innsbruck is the hot hof kirche hirche or court chapel under the con arol of the franciscan friars the mausoleum of the emperor maxi milian I 1 fills the center of the build arg and Is a wonderful work of art designed and executed by the most skilful artists of the time it is one of the finest examples of the early ger n an renaissance it consists of a finely wrought sar cop hagus by twenty eight colossal bronze bronza figures depre bells are still tolled on the hanniver sary of his death the broadest Tro adest and busiest street of the town is named after maria the resa ind leads northward from the 1 I 1 ra n im chal arch until it seems to sto stop P at the foot of the mountain range which shadows it so heavily flom innsbruck there are many delightful A sali ege or flights 0 it of town as the germans say one of the most interesting is to the castle ambras celebrated as the home of the e ferdinand II 11 and his wife philipp ne welser weiser the marriage of the e to a greman woman ot of 4 f middle class was vas an unusual and raman romantic tc one philippine reiser was w as born in 1527 in th ol 01 I 1 town of augsburg and re the simple education which was ras considered onside red s bitable to her station while paying a visit in bresnick she met the arch lulie luke whose habits were domo democratic cratic and after a short ac acquaintance was vas secretly married to him some time after the king hing was prevailed upon to pardon his son a imp imprudent marriage but insisted upon secrecy and took the austro hun run gr g r an succession from his son and the son s heirs the marriage was afterward sane tinned by the pope and recognized by the world at large and at castle am bras ferdinand and his wife lived hap p jy jy for mana man years their court was a large and brilliant one and was noted for its cultivation and splendor many relics relies of the luxury and wealth of castle ambras may now be seen in M f alt mot 0 I 1 i 14 aj ma 14 19 t p 1 4 rl kil Z e 04 ky A V W 4 7 I 1 I 1 ak Z i C MARIA THERESA street benting the ancestors of the emperor and a few heroes of other lands whom maximilian wished to honor in the midst of these imposing fig ures king arthur of the early british legends stands in I 1 nightly armor leaning upon a shield the shield and amor are finely wrought with the dragon and the lily and on each ra 1 of the kniat two larger e r 1 0 r ct t nd form an epaulet the I 1 g hand is closed upon th tha h it f c sword excalibur TI I 1 e fk r i aught to be the finest D ll 11 e chel royal Shem blage and vi t dc t tl e wor c of acter the museum where they are carefully p reserved the state and magnificence of the eburt have long since passed away lut the fine situation of the castle crakes it worthy ot of a visit from the tb broad terrace there Is a grand panoramic view of the encircling mountains and when the snow lies white upon the whole countey the effect is grand beyond description the mountainous country on loth sides of the river inn Is full of pic tur esque villages and castles ling 1 in the valleys or perched upon the eteen and rocky cliffs |
