CHAPTER IX.

NORTH TIROL--THE INNTHAL.

INNSBRUCK (continued).

Wallenstein's vow--Theophrastus Paracelsus; his mysterious dealings --The Tummelplatz--The Silberne Kapelle--Earthquake and dearth; their lessons--Ferdinand's devotion to the Blessed Sacrament; analogous legend of Rudolf of Hapsburg--Ferdinand's second marriage --The Capuchin Church--Maximilian the Deutschmeister; introduces the Servites--Paul Lederer--Maximilian's hermitage--S. Lorenzo of Brindisi--Dreiheiligkeitskirche--Provisions against ravages of the Thirty Years' War--The Siechenhaus--Leopold V.; dispensed from his episcopal jurisdiction and vows; Marries Claudia de' Medici-- Friedrich v. Tiefenbach--Festivities at Innsbruck--The Hofgarten-- Kranach's Madonna, Mariähülfskirche built to receive it; translation to the Pfarr-kirche under Ferdinand Karl--Ferdinand Karl--Regency of Claudia de' Medici; administrative ability; Italian influences-- Sigismund Franz--Claudia Felicita--Charles of Lotharingia--War of succession; Bavarian inroad of 1703; the Pontlatzerbrücke; Baierische-Rumpel--St. Annensäule--Joseph I.--Karl Philipp; builds the Land-haus and gymnasium, restores the Pfarrkirche; stucco and marble decorations; frescoes; preservation of Damian Asam-- Strafarbeitshaus--Church of S. John Nepomuk; his popularity; canonisation--Maria Theresa; her partiality for Innsbruck; example; Prussian prisoners; marriage of Leopold; death of Francis I.; the Triumphpforte, the Damenstift--Joseph II.--Archduchess Maria Elizabeth--Pius VI. passes through Innsbruck--Leopold II.--Repeal of Josephinischen measures--Francis II.--Outbreak of the French revolution---Das Mädchen v. Spinges--The Auferstehungsfeier-- Archduchess Maria Elizabeth--Gottesacker--Treaty of Pressburg-- 'The Year Nine'--Andreas Hofer--Peace of Schönbrunn--Speckbacher; successes at Berg Isel; Hofer as Schützen-Kommandant; his moderation, simplicity, subordination; his betrayal; last hours; firmness; execution--Restoration of Austrian rule--Hofer's monument--Tirolese loyalty in 1848--The Ferdinandeum; its curiosities--Early editions of German authors--Paintings on cobweb --The Schiess-stand--Policy of the Viennese Government, constitutional opposition of Tirol--Population of Innsbruck 265