The oldest mention comes from the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305, when it was part of the Duchy of Jawor of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.

After Gneisenau's death the king purchased Erdmannsdorf estate in 1831 and had the manor house redecorated and a new church built by Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

The church portico is supported by two marble columns from Pompeii, a gift from Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples, to Frederick William III.

In 1838 the king distributed large parts of his farmland to Protestant refugees from the Austrian Zillertal who built Tyrolian style farmhouses that can still be seen.

The valley became a royal hideaway, and in 1838 the king purchased nearby Schildau Castle (today Wojanów) for his daughter Princess Louise.

At the Paris World Industrial Exhibition of 1867, the company was awarded a gold medal for their product display.

Transport links were improved when the railway line was opened to Jelenia Gora, having its own platform away from the main village station.

During World War II, under Nazi Germany, it became used as a forced labour factory initially with 200 prisoners.

[3] It was liberated on 22 May 1945, by the Red Army, the prisoners released and the locals taking over the factory, which was named Orzeł (Polish for "Eagle").