Built in 1771-82 on the site of an inadequate church building from the 15th century. A late Baroque one-nave building, the chancel is finished with a segmental finial, there is a prismatic tower above the western facade. Four bells from the 17th century are installed in the tower. Jakub, Mary, the meridian and the dying man. The main altar from 1807-10, it includes an altarpiece of St. Jakub and on the sides of the statue of St. Cyril and Methodius.

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