The first mention of Stopnica (known then as Stobnica) comes from the 12th century, but a gord, or Slavic settlement, had existed here earlier. According to Jan Długosz’s chronicle Annales seu cronici incliti regni Poloniae, in 1103 the parish priest of Stopnica, Reverend Baldwin, became the Bishop of Kraków.
The earliest known record of Stopnica (then called Stobnica) is from the 12th century, and a Slavic settlement existed here before that time. According to Jan Długosz's chronicle, Annales seu cronici incliti regni Poloniae, in 1103, the parish priest of Stopnica, Reverend Baldwin, became Bishop of Kraków.