The first mention of the parish church in Krzyżanowice dates from 1250 and is linked to an account of St Stanislaus's miracles. There is information from the beginning of the 15th century about a wooden church dedicated to the Holy Spirit. This church was said to be richly endowed with fields, meadows, gardens, income from transportation by ferry across the Raba, free fishing, a mill and two inns. Next to the church was a school where Jan Kwiatek from Rzezawa taught young students. The wooden Church of the Holy Spirit survived until the end of the 18th century, when it was probably destroyed by fire. The present church dedicated to St Joachim was erected in 1746 in Bochnia as the local Bernardine Order monastery church. After the monastery was dissolved, the building was sold at auction to the Bochnia commune authorities in 1793. However, a year later it was thoroughly rebuilt in Krzyżanowice, then belonging to Bochnia. The simple but charming church is of log construction, single-nave with a rectangular chancel.

There are three altars in the church. A bas-relief of the church's patron saint was placed on the main altar. The left side altar is in the classicist style of the late 19th century, and it has a bas-relief of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The right-side altar, also classicist, houses a painting of Our Lady and Child from the late 18th century. The oldest monument is a stone baptistery from the first half of the 16th century.

Adjacent to the church is a detached wooden bell tower, which was moved with the church in 1794.

The site is located on the Wooden Architecture Route.