Pyskowice [pɨskɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] ⓘ (German: Peiskretscham) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice.

It borders Gliwice, one of the largest cities of the metropolitan area, in the south.

The oldest known mention of Pyskowice comes from a document of Bishop of Wrocław Tomasz from 1256.

It remained part of various Polish-ruled duchies, including Bytom, Cieszyn, Oświęcim and Opole, until 1532 when it was incorporated to the Bohemian (Czech) Crown.

[3] In the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite, 73.6% of the residents voted to remain in Germany, while in the present-day district (then separate village) of Dzierżno 67.5% voted to rejoin Poland, which just regained independence following the First World War.

The Germans also operated an additional forced labour camp for Jewish men in 1942–1944.