Gęsiniec was settled in 1750 by Hussites, whose religious faith was based on the writings of Jan Hus (ca.

Silesia was conquered by Prussia in the First Silesian War in 1742, codified by the Treaty of Hubertusburg in 1763, and the town became known as Hussinetz.

From 1813 to 1919, it was administered by the Prussian Province of Lower Silesia in the political subdivision Regierungsbezirk Breslau.

The village and its region were joined to Poland following the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, and its name was changed once again to Gęsiniec.

A monument commemorating residents of Gęsiniec who died in the First World War stands in what was the central part of the village.