Church of Saint James the Greater, Gothic church building in Vnitřní Město, Telč, Czech Republic

The Church of Saint James the Greater is a two-nave Gothic church in Telč, with a 50-metre square tower attached to the north side of the chancel. Repairs in the 1440s and 1450s gave it this form; early Baroque additions followed in the 17th century, and most were demolished in the late 19th-century purist works.

A parish is first recorded in Telč in 1372, and a fire destroyed the parish church in 1386. After repairs in the 1440s and 1450s, the church took its present two-nave Gothic form with a 50-metre tower. Early Baroque additions followed in the 17th century, and purist alterations at the end of the 19th century removed most of them.

The church is the parish church of the Telč parish. A covered Stations of the Cross walkway, built in 1737, links the church to the neighbouring castle. Until the 1670s a churchyard surrounded the building.

The church stands in the Vnitřní Město quarter, not on the main square, and its 50-metre tower rises beside the chancel on the north side. The tower was closed with the church from 1961 to 1988 because of its lean and cracks in the masonry, and the building was statically secured during that period. A roofed Stations of the Cross corridor, built in 1737, links the church to the neighbouring castle.

The churchyard around the church was used for burials until the 1670s, when it ceased to serve that purpose. Because the tower leaned and cracks appeared in the masonry, the church was closed from 1961 to 1988 while its structure was stabilised.