Bzie

Bzie (German: Goldmannsdorf) is a sołectwo in the south-east of Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.

[1] The village was first mentioned as Byze and Goldmannsdorf in a document issued by Przemysław of Racibórz on October 25, 1293, allowing Wojan from Pawłowice to (re)colonize 50 Franconian lans on German law between Bzie and Golasowice.

[2][3] Later it was also mentioned a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Goltimanni villa debent esse LXIII mansi.

After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 152 out of 296 voters in Bzie Zameckie (Schloss Goldmannsdorf) voted in favour of joining Poland, against 142 for Germany.

In Bzie Dolne (Nieder Goldmannsdorf) out of 200 voters 137 opted for staying in Germany, against 63 who voted for Poland.