A wooden parish church from 1466-1467, with a tower from 1507, polychromes from 1560 and an 18th-century interior.
All Saints' Church in Łaziska is a wooden church from the 15th century. Wood analysis has shown that it was built in 1466-1467, and its walls are decorated with polychrome painting from 1560.
The age of the church was confirmed by a dendrochronological analysis in 2008: the wood used for construction dates from 1466 or 1467. The oak sills under the chancel and the fir wood of the nave are original. The tower was added in 1507, and in 1748 it was rebuilt and crowned with a Baroque onion dome.
The church has a log construction on a square plan, with a narrower chancel closed on three sides. On one side stands a tower of post construction. The chancel is covered by a wooden barrel vault and the nave by a ceiling with a central post. The music gallery is supported on six columns and has a wooden balustrade. On the north, east and south the church is surrounded by soboty, that is, wooden arcades.
The main altar dates from the 18th century and is late Baroque, and the side ones have Neo-Gothic forms. The pulpit and font also date from the 18th century. The organ from the same century was rebuilt in the 19th century by Karl Kuttler of Opava.
In 1998, during conservation work, extensive polychrome painting from 1560 was discovered on the walls. The paintings on the ceiling were made in 1948 by Ryszard Węglorz and Alojzy Chromik of Rybnik.
On 27 March 1942 the German occupiers requisitioned two historic bells, regarded as the oldest surviving in Silesia. The larger one now rings in the Church of St Hedwig in Ganderkesee in Germany, and the smaller one in a church near Nuremberg.
About 4 km from here stands the Church of the Holy Guardian Angel in Gorzyce, and it is about 7.6 km to the Dietrichstein Palace in Wodzisław Śląski.
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