Church of Saint James the Greater, Gothic church building in Boskovice, Czech Republic.

The Church of Saint James the Greater stands on an artificially elevated hill closing the town square from the west, featuring a hall-type three-nave structure with a long presbytery ending in three sides and topped by a 41-meter tower with clock.

The Boskovice parish is first mentioned in writing in 1346. The original small church was demolished in the last quarter of the 15th century and replaced by a new building begun after 1493, funded by the townspeople and the lords of Boskovice. The three-nave church with a polygonal presbytery was completed around 1527, according to the date on the western portal; the tower was roofed in 1531 and raised in 1600–1602. Fires in 1566 and 1772 destroyed the roofs, and in 1845–47 the nave was extended westward with a new neo-Gothic facade.

The church is dedicated to Saint James the Greater, whose name it bears. Inside, a Loreto statue of the Virgin stands on a console in the left side nave, moved here from the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary. The Marian chapel added in 1670, founded by Jan Bohuš Morkovský of Zástřizly, opens from the side nave through a Gothic portal.

The church stands on the western side of Masaryk Square, and the cemetery that surrounded it until 1786 left masonry remnants still visible near the walls. Repairs begun in 1994 continue in stages, so parts of the exterior may be under scaffolding. Look for the repair dates 1617, 1839, 1910 and 1972 carved on an outer buttress.

The tower, now 41 metres high, reached 60 metres before the fires and later alterations. On an outer buttress, repair dates are carved: 1617, 1839, 1910 and 1972. The Loretto statue in the left side nave came from the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary.