| Skoki | |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wągrowiec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Skoki |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.2 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 4003 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 52.6667°N 26°W |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | PWA |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Primary airport |
| Blank Info Sec2: | Poznań–Ławica Airport |
| Website: | http://gmina-skoki.pl |
Skoki (German: Schokken[1]) is a town in Poland, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Wągrowiec County, with 4,003 inhabitants (2010). It is located about 40 km north of Poznań. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Skoki.
Established in 1367, it has always been a town with handicraft, in particular cloth weaving up to the 19th century.[2] It was a private town of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Gniezno County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3] The town's coat of arms comes from the Lubicz coat of arms of local Polish nobility.
During the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which began World War II in September 1939, the town was invaded and then occupied by Germany until 1945. It was annexed directly into Nazi Germany and made part of the newly formed province of Reichsgau Wartheland. At this time, the Germans established a prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Oflag), named Oflag XXI-A, later renamed Oflag XXI-C. Among its prisoners were Polish and Norwegian officers.
In the town, there is a palace which is now part of the University of Fine Arts in Poznań, and a church which lies on the Wooden Churches Trail around Puszcza Zielonka.
The local football club is Wełna Skoki.[4] It competes in the lower leagues.