Later it was part of an independent duchy, Habsburg-ruled Bohemia, the Kingdom of Prussia and from 1871 and 1945 also Germany.

After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II it became part of Poland.

[11] During World War II, the town, then known as Bauerwitz, was the base for two working parties (E288 and E398) of British and Commonwealth prisoners of war, under the administration of the German Stalag VIII-B/344 POW camp at Łambinowice (then known as Lamsdorf).

The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the allied armies after some four months of travelling on foot in appalling conditions.

[13] The town's German population was interned in Łambinowice camp, and expelled.