Jakobskirche, Baroque church in Weimar, Germany.

Jakobskirche is a single-nave Baroque church built in 1713, with a square tower topped by a steep slate spire and a pale facade with arched windows and three dormer windows. Inside, white walls and pale wooden floors are flanked by two tiers of galleries with paneled railings. The raised altar area holds a white altar table with a green frontal and cross, and a white pulpit with a sculpted figure above.

An earlier church stood on this site from the 12. century, but Duke Wilhelm Ernst ordered its demolition and replacement in the early 1700s. The current Baroque structure was erected between 1712 and 1713, establishing the building that visitors see today.

The church takes its name from its position on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. Its sacristy was the setting for the 1806 wedding of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Christiane Vulpius, and the adjoining Jakobsfriedhof holds the graves of Lucas Cranach the Elder and Friedrich Schiller.

The church interior is open during services and certain posted hours for visitors. Summer access to the tower during weekends offers views across the old town, though it is wise to confirm current visiting conditions beforehand.

Under the floorboards lies a grave slab found in 2007 during renovation work: it marks Hans Melchior Marschall, shot dead in the Thirty Years' War. The slab is still in place and visible through a glass panel set into the floor, with switchable lighting. The tower's oldest bell was cast in 1631 by Hieronymus and Melchior Möhring in Erfurt.