Rychtal Region

The region was part of Regierungsbezirk Breslau in the Prussian Province of Silesia, in the German Empire until the end of World War I.

The voting area comprised the south-eastern part of the Namslau district, and included the communities of Bachwitz (Polish: Wielołęka), Dammer, Erbenfeld, Erdmannsdorf, Friedrichsberg, Hennersdorf, Johannesdorf, Noldau (Domaszowice), Ordenstal, Sophiental, Steinersdorf (Siemysłów), Sterzendorf (Starościn) and Wallendorf.

[citation needed] In the absence of international monitoring, this opinion poll did not meet the requirements of a plebiscite and was not taken into account when drawing the boundary.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945.

In 1939, the Germans carried out the first expulsions of Poles, and several died during their deportation in freight trains to Mińsk Mazowiecki in the more-eastern part of German-occupied Poland.