Jakobskirche, Lutheran church in Mitwitz, Germany.

Jakobskirche is a late Gothic hall church with a rectangular choir, a flat-ceilinged nave and a two-storey wooden gallery. Its east tower, built 1600–1602, has an octagonal top, and part of an old defensive wall survives around the elevated site.

First documented in 1425 as a chapel, the church passed with Mitwitz to the Lords of Rosenau that same year. Under their patronage the parish turned Protestant around 1565, and Johann Michael Vischer preached as its first Protestant pastor in 1567. The nave was extended between 1572 and 1574, and the east tower was built from 1600 to 1602.

The church is dedicated to Saint James (Jakobus). Under the Lords of Rosenau, who acquired Mitwitz in 1425, the parish turned Protestant around 1565; Johann Michael Vischer preached here as the first Protestant pastor in 1567. Inside, look for the 1731 wooden pulpit by Georg Kaufmann, carried by John the Baptist holding a baptismal bowl and a cross staff.

The church stands on elevated ground in Mitwitz, not in the town centre, and remnants of an old defensive wall are still partly visible around it. Visitors should check opening times in advance, as the interior is not always accessible outside services and events.

Fifteen sandstone slabs above the burial vault in the choir, mostly of the Barons of Würtzburg, were later moved and set against the walls. The church holds more than 20 tombs and epitaphs, including two wooden epitaphs from 1611 and 1621.