Dobczyce is also the name of a small part of Bobrowniki Małe, a village in Lesser Poland.

[citation needed] Dobczyce received its Magdeburg rights town charter probably in 1310, during the reign of Władysław Łokietek.

Here, in 1450, Polish astronomer and dean of Kraków Academy Leonard Vitreatoris (Leonhard von Dobschütz) was born.

Dobczyce enjoyed several royal privileges, allowing its residents to buy salt from nearby Wieliczka.

The town was a local center of cloth and wool making, but the period of prosperity ended during the Swedish invasion of Poland (1655–1660).