Church of St. John the Baptist in Skotniki

The first information about the village of Skotniki comes from the second half of the 19th century. XIII century It belonged to the monastery of oo. Cistercians in Koprzywnica.

The church and the parish were founded in 1347 by Jarosław Bogoria Skotnicki, the archbishop of Gniezno. In the 18th century, the church was expanded by making a vestibule to the sacristy and a room above it, and a porch at the nave on the south side.

The temple was renovated in the mid. In the 18th century, and then after the end of World War II and at the end of the 20th century.

The temple is built of brick laid in the Polish pattern and belongs to the group of gothic single-pillar churches, characteristic of the times of Casimir the Great. Inside the church, there are remains of a Gothic polychrome with scenes from the life of Christ. The nave is decorated with a stucco decoration made around 1770. In the center of the Rococo main altar there is a carved crucifix flanked by statues of the patron saint of the church of St. John the Baptist and Our Lady of Sorrows. The pulpit has a very rich woodcarving decoration related to the paneling of the chancel walls.