Marriage in Innsbruck

With wedding dresses by Swarovski ELEMENTS and with heart

Innsbruck is a city for getting married with a long tradition, and more and more bridal couples are saying “yes” in the capital of the Alps. Even Archduke Leopold, son of Empress Maria Theresia, got married here. The most important day in life shines even brighter with Swarovski ELEMENTS and the ‘Wedding Directory’.

Sparkling eyes, sparkling stones

Many bridal couples who get married in Innsbruck come from England, Germany, Russia, Greece and Switzerland. They come here because they want to get married in Tyrolean style or because they got engaged in Innsbruck. “But they also come because they have fallen in love with each other and with the country and its people,” says wedding planner Tanja Corradini from Innsbruck.

“The wedding dress is more important at almost every wedding than the ceremony and the food itself – it’s the bride’s top priority,” Tanja says. Many couples spend the most money on this and very popular are dresses decorated with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS, the premium brand of the most precious crystals. They are used worldwide by the best designers in the world and thus decorate noble wedding dresses. Much more is offered by the Swarovski ‘Wedding Directory’, a collection of high-end design pieces related to weddings such as dresses, shoes, underwear, jewelry, decorations and accessories, all adorned with the precious crystals. “A lot of my clients ask for it.”

Wedding dresses with Swarovski ELEMENTS by Aruschi Fashion. Photo credit: Swarovski

Wedding dresses with Swarovski ELEMENTS by Ines Di Santo. Image credit: Swarovski

Top 5

The wedding planner knows where it is most beautiful in and around Innsbruck and Tanja tells me exceptionally her favorites of churches, locations and hotels.

Churches

• Parish church in Ampass: “Very popular as a wedding church because it is romantically hidden on a hill in the forest and offers a beautiful view.”
• Cathedral of St. Jacob in Innsbruck: “Very grand for larger weddings the place to be in the Alpine city.”
• Silver Chapel of the Hofkirche in Innsbruck: “So beautiful and so sought-after that it must be rented for a fee.”
• Blasiuskirche in Völs: “It is enthroned on a small hill and can be reached on foot via a Stations of the Cross.”
• Parish Church in Axams: “One of the oldest and most beautiful churches in the country with five valuable altars and a 74 meter high church tower.

The Silver Chapel is highly sought after and must be rented specifically for weddings. Photo: innsbruck.info

Locations

• Gasthof Pension Walzl in Lans: Celebrate with friends
  “Well-bourgeois family business on a high level.”
• Congresspark Igls: Everything but really everything
  “Getting married, champagne reception, photo shoot and celebrating: practically everything at a high level.”
• Mutterer Alm: Get married in Tyrolean
  “Spectacular in winter, beautiful in summer, the typical Tyrolean on a noble alpine hut.
• Seegrube 1,950 m, Hafelekar 2,256 m: Triple guarantee on the roof of Innsbruck ?
  “Float up by train, celebrate on the Seegrube and have breakfast on the Hafelekar.”

The Seegrube is the roof of Innsbruck and offers three highlights for bridal couples: floating up by train, celebrating on the Seegrube and having breakfast at the Hafelakar. Photo: innsbruck.info

Hotels with top suites

• Romantikhotel Schwarzer Adler in Innsbruck: Romanticism is the program
  “Here there are various themed rooms such as the Versace Business Suite, Tirol Suite, Mountain View Suite or in Swarovski design”
• The Batzenhäusl in Igls: Touch the wood and feel the history
  “Walk in the past 350 years ago, where there was still time for friends, joy and celebrations and back again to the now of the 4-star hotel.”
• Hotel Seppl in Mutters: The way it still is in the country
  “Friendly, familiar, a lot of attention to detail and a relaxed setting.”
• The Adlers in Innsbruck: The modern with Roof Top on the 13th floor
  “The view is fantastic at the highest building in the city and also architecturally exciting.”
• Austria Trend in Innsbruck: “Specialists for honeymooners”
  “The hotel specializes in getting married and honeymooning – they’ll even hand out rose petals in the rooms upon request.”

The Austria Trend Hotel in Innsbruck specializes in honeymoons and if you want, you can even have rose petals by your bed.

“Yes” in the alpine city: then as now

“Innsbruck has a long wedding tradition that started with Archduke Leo II,” Tanja knows. “He probably appreciated what was special about the country and the city, the hospitality of the people, the quality of the food, the high standard of service, the peculiarities of the city in summer and in winter.” That’s still true today! So there’s a reason why venues, hotels and companies like Swarovski specialize in getting married: “Innsbruck is a wedding city for people from all over the world, and it offers everything it needs.” The fact that Leo died two weeks after his wedding is another matter.

Tanja Corradini, as a wedding planner, knows exactly about Swarovski ELEMENTS and the “Weding Directory”, but also where and how to get married in Innsbruck – and with heart.

Picture credits Cover photo: “Eternal Moments” – Viktoria Greiderer