[2] The village is mentioned in historical documents for the first time in 1475 by the Polish chronicler Jan Długosz in his Liber beneficiorum, a register of church property for tax purposes.

[3] Długosz states that the village was founded on unpopulated land in 1364 by the Bishop of Kraków, Bodzanta Jankowski, and named after him as "Bodzantin".

This later turned into its current name when Austrian authorities recorded the village as "Borzecin" during the partitions of Poland.

In the 1830s the village lost one sixth of its population due to a cholera epidemic, a destructive flood and a local famine.

[6] During World War II, 143 inhabitants of the village were killed, including 64 in Nazi concentration camps.