It was established in 1748 as a hunting lodge by Duke Charles Christian Erdmann, a scion of the House of Württemberg, whose ancestors had been enfeoffed with the Silesian Duchy of Oels (Oleśnica) in 1649.

The adjacent settlement erected in 1763 with its streets radiating out from the ducal palace was modeled on and named after the Baden residence of Karlsruhe.

In the winter of 1806-07, he hosted the young composer Carl Maria von Weber, who wrote his two symphonies (Jähns 50/51) here.

[5] The village was heavily bombarded during the end of World War II following the Vistula–Oder Offensive of the Red Army, and the palace was destroyed.

Pokój's coat of arms shows the Württemberg three black antlers on the right, and the Upper Silesian eagle of the Dukes of Opole on the left side.