Despite its striking name, the Hospital Church on Maria Theresa Street has almost nothing to do with treating people. The reason is that from 1326 a city hospital stood on this site, and it was moved outside the city limits at the end of the 17th century to avoid the risk of spreading infections. The church was built in 1700 on the site of a vacant gloomy Gothic building.
Architect Johann Martin Gumpp created a Baroque design that turned the church into one of the most beautiful and charming buildings in Innsbruck. White and pink dominate the exterior. The church is crowned by a rather tall tower with a dome, also painted a marshmallow pink color
The interior is luxuriously decorated using the "stucco" technique - artificial marble, a material that is easy to work with. With its help, everything inside is adorned with white molding - the walls and the ceilings alike. Elaborate scrollwork alternates with charming cherubs. In the spaces between the molding, you can see bright frescoes, most of which had to be painstakingly restored after World War II. The oldest artifact of the Hospital Church - a large Gothic crucifix dating from the 16th century - was installed by the altar in 1705.
