It lies near the border with the Czech Republic, approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-west of Wodzisław Śląski.

[1] Benedictine abbey in Orlová (established in 1268) in the late 13th century had rights to revenues from three villages in the Castellany of Racibórz, namely Gorzyce, Uchylsko and Gołkowice.

As Groß Gorschütz, it became part of the German Empire in 1871 and was restored to Poland after World War I.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945.

[3][4] Among the prisoners were Poles expelled from the Bielsko, Chrzanów, Cieszyn and Zawiercie counties.