Redemptoristenkolleg Innsbruck

The Redemptoristenkolleg stands in Innsbruck’s city centre, a two-winged corner building of pale stone built between 1895 and 1898 in the Romanesque-revival style. It closes the western side of the enclosed courtyard formed with the neighbouring Herz-Jesu-Kirche. The façade is divided by string courses and blind arcades, while the round-arched windows and doors are set in lighter stone dressings. A third storey was added in 1985 to house a small chapel for the community. The complex has been protected as a monument since the Redemptorists left in 2018.

The site carries more than a century of local history. After arriving from Vienna in 1827, the order first occupied the Palais Sarnthein before moving to a house on the Innrain in 1831. They ran the Spitalskirche and later the Lokalkaplanei at the Johanneskirche, celebrating the canonisation of their founder Alphons von Liguori with an eight-day festival in 1839. The monastery was dissolved in 1848, restored in 1853, and rebuilt again after the Second World War when the buildings had served as a military hospital. From 1968 theology students of the Austrian Redemptorist province lived here while studying at the university.

Visitors today find the quiet courtyard framed by the church and the two wings of the monastery. The neuromanische architecture shows plain round arches and evenly spaced windows, while the 1985 chapel sits above in the added storey. The adjoining Herz-Jesu-Kirche remains in use by the Serbian Orthodox community, and parts of the monastery are now managed by Stift Admont for student accommodation. The remaining spaces continue to house theology students connected to the university.