It is located in the Silesian Lowlands of the Oder basin, in the historic Upper Silesia region, about 20 km (12 mi) south of Brzeg.

[3] The neighbouring settlement of Nowy Grodków (Neu Grottkau) was laid out by German settlers in the course of the Ostsiedlung, it was granted town rights modeled on Środa Śląska in 1268 by the Silesian duke Henryk IV Probus.

[2] Also in the 13th century the Gothic St. Michael's Church, one of the most distinctive and valuable historic landmarks of Grodków, was built.

Later their suzerain, the Bohemian king Wenceslaus, granted the Wrocław bishops the title of a "Duke of Grodków", which they retained until the secularisation of the bishopric in 1810.

At Grottkau, the former provincial education institute was made an internment camp, many died under bad conditions.

[7] The town has a department for the local shopping chain "Wimar Bort", located by Henryk Sienkiewicz Street (ul.

The settlement has a major industrial complex located to its north, including: "Grodkono" waffles food production; "Nalewki Kresowe" producing the Polish alcoholic beverage nalewka, as well as a vulcanisation plant, all located by Lipowa Street (ul.