The rectangular nave with a three-sided choir was built in 1478, and the west tower bears an inscription with the date 1494.

The central shrine of the winged altar shows carved figures of Saints Nicholas, James and Walpurgis.

The open wings show scenes from the life of St James on their inner sides.

Since 1717, the church has had a valuable organ by Tobias Heinrich Gottfried Trost with 26 stops on two manuals and pedal.

[2] In 1848–1849, Ernst Siegfried Hesse reworked the actions and the manuals and replaced individual stops.

In 1999, the organ was restored by Eule Orgelbau Bautzen according to the original stop list, which reads:[3]