During the invasion of Poland by Henry V, Polish ruler Bolesław III Wrymouth successfully defended the settlement in August 1109.

[3][4] The chronicles of Gallus Anonymus dedicate a lengthy passage concerning the battle, and praising the strong defense of the settlement and bravery of its defenders.

During inheritance conflict of Polish high duke Bolesław IV the Curly with the sons of his elder brother Władysław II the Exile and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa the town was abandoned by Polish troops, due to its state of neglect,[7] and burned down to prevent enemy from using its food supplies as well as having a place to rest[8] The parish church was a filial of the Cistercian Lubiąż Abbey and first documented in 1175.

The settlement itself was granted German town law in 1263 and subsequently experienced arrival of immigrants during the Ostsiedlung.

Von Schoenaich fought on the Catholic side in the Schmalkaldic War, but protected the Protestants in his domain.

The biggest achievement by Georg von Schoenaich however was the establishment of a humanist Gymnasium academicum school in 1601.

One of the gymnasiums students was Martin Opitz, who wrote his Aristarchus, sive De contemptu linguae Teutonicae there, which presented the German language as suitable for poetry.

During the Thirty Years' War winter king Frederick V allegedly stayed overnight on his flight from Bohemia.