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Hofkirche - Memorial for Andreas Hofers

 

In the northern bay on the left hand side stands the memorial for Andreas Hofer, who was a Tyrolean freedom fighter and was shot dead in Mantua in 1810.
The order to create a memorial was given by Emperor Franz I. The sculptor Johann Nepomuk Schaller completed the statues and Josef Klieber created the relief of the "Fahnenschwur" (Swearing on the flag) based on a sketch by Josef Martin Schärmer.
Andreas Hofer is wearing a rustic traditional costume and is standing with a flag and a carabine (a short rifle) slung over one shoulder whilst his face is turned towards Emperor Maximilian's tomb. The statue has strong plasticity and an extremely smooth surface, which is typical of works from late Classicism.

Simple plates on the floor in front of the memorial mark the graves of the freedom fighters Josef Speckbacher, Father Joachim Haspinger and Lieutenant Georg Hauger.

 

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