Former Franciscan monastery Innsbruck, OFM

When the future Emperor Ferdinand I had the Innsbruck Court Church built in 1553 for the tomb of his grandfather Emperor Maximilian I, a monastery building - known as the "New Monastery" - was also added to the church. After a lengthy search, Ferdinand I appointed Franciscans (OFM) from the Venetian Province to Innsbruck in 1563 to live in the monastery and provide pastoral care for the court church. Due to language difficulties, however, they were replaced by German Franciscans in 1574. In 1580, the Innsbruck monastery became the headquarters of the newly founded Tyrolean Franciscan Province. The provincial lived in Innsbruck and the chapters - meetings of the order's province - were always held there. It also housed an internal theological school and a large library.

On April 11, 1785, the Innsbruck monastery was abolished under Emperor Joseph II and the building was used as a general seminary for state priest training.

However, the monastery building only served as a general seminary until 1790. In 1830, the Theresian Knights' Academy was housed there under the direction of the Jesuits and from 1866 to 1910 it was home to a grammar school. Today, the premises are used by the Tyrolean Folk Art Museum.

In 1832, however, the Franciscans regained the former infirmary adjacent to the dissolved monastery and expanded it into the new Innsbruck Franciscan monastery. In 1972, the monastery building was rebuilt according to plans by Hubert Prachensky. It served as the seat of the provincial of the Tyrolean Franciscan Province until 2007. From the beginning until the end, the main task of the Innsbruck Franciscans was the pastoral care of the Hofkirche.At the end of September 2021, the monastery in Innsbruck was dissolved by the Franciscans and the pastoral care of the Hofkirche was taken over by the Capuchins.