[2] It was a royal town, with a wójt and a council, administratively located in the Lelów County, Kraków Voivodeship, Lesser Poland Province.

In 1554, King Sigismund II Augustus confirmed the municipal privileges and established three annual fairs.

[2] On November 8, 1655, Przyrów was completely destroyed in the Swedish invasion of Poland, and the town never recovered from the destruction.

In early November 1655, Swedish troops under General Burchard Müller von der Luhnen (who also commanded the Siege of Jasna Góra) demanded large amounts of bread, oats, meats, beer, butter and hay.

The occupiers operated a forced labour camp for Jews,[3] and committed a massacre of 43 Poles on 8 January 1945 (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).