The Roman Catholic Church of St. James the Greater is a single-nave Gothic building with a polygonal-ended presbytery and a projecting tower, dating from the mid-14th century. During the Middle Ages, its interior was enriched with wall paintings. It underwent modifications in the Renaissance period and later in the Baroque era between 1760 and 1761. During this time, the nave was vaulted with a Prussian vault and the interior was furnished with three Baroque altars.
The church was renovated in 1928 and again in 1971, when it was inappropriately covered with roughcast (brizolit) plaster. From the original medieval structure, the main masonry has been preserved, along with the ribbed cross vault in the presbytery and a set of pointed Gothic windows with tracery. A Gothic sacrament house from the 15th century, decorated with a wimperg and pinnacles, is also preserved. A crypt is located beneath the presbytery.
Wall paintings can be found on the northern wall of the presbytery (depicting St. Nicholas, St. Helena, St. Ladislaus, and Doubting Thomas) and in the nave (Pietà). In front of the church stands the original stone baptismal font with simple Romanesque forms.
The façades of the church are articulated with buttresses and Gothic windows in the presbytery, while the nave features segmental-arched windows. On the southern wall of the nave, a bricked-up Gothic portal is visible. The tower is topped with corner turrets and a masonry pyramidal spire.
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