Nowotaniec [nɔvɔˈtaɲɛt͡s] is a village in south-eastern Poland, inhabited by about 430 (2002), in the Pogórze Bukowskie (Bukowsko Upland) mountains.

Nowotaniec is bordered on the east by Bukowsko, on the north by Wola Sękowa, on the west by Nadolany, on the right bank of the Pielnica river (a tributary of the Wisłok), on the left side of the highway nr 889 from the railroad running from Sanok to Krosno, and on the west by forests covering the slopes of the Bukowica Range.

This village consists of one street which runs north to south displaying Latin church stone and several houses.

It is located on the river of Pielnica just like the villages of Nadolaly, Nagórzany, Wola Sękowa, Odrzechowa, Pielnia, Długie and Besko.

The region then became a site of contention between Poland, Kievan Rus' and Hungary starting in at least the 9th century.

In the 14th and 15th centuries a number of new settlements were set up, including Trepcza, Czerteż, Prusiek, Nowotaniec, Kostarowce, Tyrawa Solna, Stróże Wielkie and Małe, Hłomcza, Płowce, Sanoczek, Międzybródź.

Nowotaniec, with upper-suburb Nagorzany,[4] a small town in the county of Sanok, lies in a wooded, hilly area on the highway from Zarszyn to Bukowsko (5.6 km or 3.5 mi away).

The start of settlement that became Nowotaniec began as a royal village established in 1366 based on the Privilege of Casimir III the Great.

The village was founded on the principles of the Magdeburg Rights, and its inhabitants were exempted from all taxes towards the king for a period of twenty years.

A good period ended in 1709, when it was looted by the Swedish troops in the Great Northern War.

At the end of World War II, after the Germans withdrew, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army became active.

Fights ended in 1947 when as the result of Operation Vistula the Ukrainian population was resettled to Western Poland.

Between 1945 - 1949 Nowotaniec was the gmina[clarification needed] due to the destruction of Bukowsko by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.