Church of St. James the Elder - Horní Libchav

The Church of St. James the Elder, sometimes also the Church of St. James the Greater, is a baroque church of the Roman Catholic parish in Horní Libchav. It was built in 1736 in the Baroque style, but the tower is older. The church was built on the instructions of the Grand Prior of the Knights of Malta, Gundakaa Poppo of Ditrichštejn, on the site of the old one from the 14th century. He was patronized by the Order of the Knights of Malta, who at that time were in charge of the village,…