Junket to Austria Photo Gallery - Innsbruck, Austria

3 Juli - 9 August 2003

McDonald's	The River Inn	Harp Fountain
Dom zu St. Jakob St. James' Cathedral. This is actually two pictures, as you should be able to tell. The towers do not lean in like that.	St. Jakob's Interior Located in the Old Town, St. Jakob's required extensive renovations after much of the church was destroyed in a 1944 air raid.	St. Jakob's Interior
St. Jakob's Interior	Goldenes Dachl The Golden Roof, built to commemorate the marriage of Maximilian I and Bianca Maria Sforza, is now the symbol of Innsbruck.	Eugen Monument Eugen Ferdinand Pius Bernhard Felix Maria, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia (1863 - 1954), son of Karl Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria. A Leutenant in the Tiroler Kaiserjägerregiment (Tyrolean Imperial Regiment), he attained the rank of General Field Marshal in 1916. He was the last of the Habsburg family to reside in Innsbruck.
Hofgarten The Imperial Garden - This lavish Park was laid out in the 15th century on the grounds of the gardens of Archduke Leopold IV and Archduke Friedrich IV. In the early 19th century the gardens were transformed into a park with public access.	Hofgarten A giant chessboard and the American Musical Ambassadors - the reason why "Stars and Stripes Forever" reminds Nick of Austria.	Triumphforte Triumphal Arch, built in 1765 to commemorate the betrothal of Emperor Leopold II.
Arch Built in 1948 to commemorate the liberation of Austria from the Nazis.	Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof Train station	Leopoldsbrunnen Fountain This equestrian statue, situated on Rennweg Street, is the oldest surviving depiction of a rearing horse north of the Alps. Its rider, Archduke Leopold V, was the ruler of Tirol from 1619 to 1632.
St Nikolas Church Northwest of the Altstadt	Innsbruck Courtroom In some cases, the candles and crucifix may be used for witnesses to swear oaths.	Innsbruck Courtroom
Tyrolean Legislature	Tyrolean Legislature	Annasäule Anna Column - commemorates the Tyrolean victory on St. Anne's Day (July 26, 1703) after a bloody Bavarian invasion during the War of Spanish Succession
Annasäule	West side of the River Inn, opposite the Altstadt	Bergisil Towering high above Innsbruck on the wooded Bergisel Hill, the brand-new Bergisel Ski Jump is a sight to behold. The hill itself is a historic site, scene of the 1809 battles in which Andreas Hofer led some Tyrolean peasants against French and Bavarian forces in the Tyrolean War of Independence. The first ski jump was erected here in the year 1925. And in 1964 and 1976, the Innsbruck Ski Jump was venue of the Olympic Ski Jumping competitions.
Basilica Wilten Rebuilt between 1751 and 1755 on the site of a church built around 1259, Wilten's Parish and Pilgrimage Church, the Wilten Basilica, is one of the most splendid houses of worship in Tirol. As legend has it, even Roman Legionnaires were attracted to it by the fame of a Madonna Painting. The sandstone figure depicting Our Lady Under the Four Columns on the high altar had been the subject of pilgrimage since the Middle Ages.	Basilica Wilten Interior	Stiftskirche Wilten Wilten Abbey - the church, built in 1655, stands within a monastery dating to the 12th Century.
Stiftskirche Wilten Interior	The River Inn	An Austrian billboard
Golden Roof and Golden Arches Altstadt, McDonald's, and Goldenes Dachl	Texans!	The brown pigeon
Innsbruck airport	Innsbruck airport This plane is similar to the ones on which Nick flew in and out of Innsbruck.

For more information, visit:
The City of Innsbruck
Frommer's Innsbruck
Innsbruck Tourism
University of Innsbruck