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Sankt Jakob im Walde with 1028 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2022) is a municipality in the judicial district of Fürstenfeld and in the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria in Austria. Sankt Jakob im Walde is located about 24 km northwest of the district capital Hartberg in the extreme northwest of the district Hartberg.
Culture and sights
Catholic Parish Church of Sankt Jakob im Walde: The parish church was built by the Krumbachers at the end of the 12th century and first mentioned as capella sancti Jacobi in 1209. When the monastery Vorau in 1217 by decision of Archbishop Eberhard II. became the mother church of St. Jacob, the extension to a pillar basilica took place. In the second half of the 15th century the church was rebuilt in the late Gothic style. After the flat ceiling was replaced by a vault in 1663, the Franciscan bishop Christof Rojas y Spinola consecrated the church. The church tower was built in 1768, and after the fire of 1886, the church received a new dome. In 1945, the church was hit by artillery during the war. Today's furnishings are mostly from the Jesuit church in Judenburg.
Landscaping: Sankt Jakob im Walde was named "Most Beautiful Flower Village in Styria" in 1990 and 1991, and in the years 1987 to 1989 the community took second place in the provincial flower decoration competition. In the European competition "Entente Florale Europe", St. Jakob was chosen as the "Most Beautiful Flower Village in Europe" in 1992 and was thus awarded a gold medal in the village category.
