[3] During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the first expulsions of 183 Poles were carried out in December 1939.

[4] The Poles were sent to a transit camp in Młyniewo, and afterwards deported to the General Government in the more-eastern part of German-occupied Poland, while their houses, workshops, etc.

Heliodor Jankiewicz, commander of the local unit of the Narodowa Organizacja Bojowa organization, was arrested by the Germans in 1941, and then sentenced to death and executed the following year.

[5] In 1943, the occupiers renamed the town to Oppenbach in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin.

The Portugal National Football Team was based here during the European Championships of 2012 held in Poland and Ukraine.