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️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ The owners remodeled local parish church and built a palace, which still exists, and which in 1787 hosted King Stanisław August Poniatowski. Battle of Szczekociny was fought near the town on June 6, 1794, during the Kościuszko Uprising. After the Partitions of Poland, Szczekociny found itself in the Russian-controlled Congress Poland (since 1815).