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The church of St. Lawrence is first mentioned in the middle of the 12th century. Numerous alterations and time have destroyed the frescoes inside. At an altitude of 892 m above sea level, the church site offers a beautiful view of part of the Ljubljana basin.

The Church of St. Lawrence is a medieval stone church built in the middle of the 15th century and dedicated to St. Lawrence of Rome. The present stone church was built between 1450 and 1460, and there are obvious similarities with other medieval stone churches in Ostuusimaa, suggesting that the church was built by the so-called "Master of Pernå", the same builder who was responsible for the churches in Pernå, Porvoo, Sipoo, Pyhtää and Vehkalahti. The church was severely damaged by a fire in 1893 and was subsequently restored on the basis of the old foundations.

Church of St. Leonard in Lipnica Murowana from the end of the 15th century is one of the oldest and most valuable wooden churches in Lesser Poland.

The Church of St. Luke dates from 1588, it is a baroque reconstruction of a 12th-century church. The church was restored in 1772. The dome of the church is covered with majolica tiles. The floor inside the church is also made in this unique style, which dates from 1789 and depicts Saint Luke surrounded by flowers and birds.

The Church of St. Magnus in Braunschweig was consecrated in 1031, as attested by a document which happens to be the first documentary evidence of the existence of the present-day city of Brunswick. The parish church of St. Magni was rebuilt from 1252, the remains of the original church have been preserved in the foundations. Between 1873 and 1877, the building was restored by Ludwig Winter and painted in the style of historicism by Max Osterloh and Adolf Quensen. The stained glass windows were created in 1926 by Otto Linnemann. During the Second World War the church was severely damaged. From 1956 to 1964 the building was restored.

Parish Church of St. Martin in Mogilno was erected in 1765, probably using elements of a pre-existing temple, burnt down in the second half of the 17th century.

The Church of St. Margaret is a baroque church located on the castle's website Jaroměřice. The present building is a reconstruction completed in 1737, the old church having been destroyed by fire in 1631. The identity of the architect of the reconstruction is still the subject of debate among historians. Some attribute the work to Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt, others to Jakub Prandtauer.

The present church of St. Margaretha is a reconstruction of an old church from 1898. The priest Josef Mangst undertook a complete reconstruction of the church in the historicist taste of the time, more precisely: in a mixed neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic style. At that time, the tower was equipped with the semicircular windows of the bell tower, the triangular gables of the clock and the pointed helmet.

Church of St. Marcin in Marcyporęba was built in 1670, originally as a towerless tower (the tower was added in 1976-80).

St. Martin's Church dates from around the 13th century. In the 16th century, during the Reformation, the church was used by the Evangelical Church. After the patrons of the church - the Révai family - converted to Catholicism, the church passed into the hands of the Catholic Church. In the following centuries, the church's confessional affiliation changed several times. It was not until the beginning of the 18th century that the church became permanently Catholic.