Halemba is a district in the south-west of Ruda Śląska, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.

Another settlement, Stara Kuźnica, commenced somewhat after 1394, when the forests laying south of Kłodnica were bestowed upon a smith Henryk, who was to establish another smithery.

During the political upheaval caused by Matthias Corvinus the land around Pszczyna was overtaken by Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn, who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian magnates of the Thurzó family, forming the Pless state country.

In the accompanying sales document issued on 21 February 1517 the village was mentioned as Kuznicze Nykowa.

After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 458 out of 521 voters in Stara Kuźnica voted in favour of joining Poland, against 63 opting for staying in Germany.