The village changed owners many times, in the 17th and 18th centuries it belonged to the Gosiewski, Sapieha, Flemming, Czartoryski and Poniatowski families.

In the early 18th century, a palace complex was built in Vowchyn by Prince Fryderyk Michał Czartoryski.

In interwar Poland, Vowchyn was the seat of Gmina Wołczyn, located in the Brześć County, Polesie Voivodeship.

In 1938, the remains of Stanisław August Poniatowski[1] were moved to the Holy Trinity Chapel from St. Catherine's Church in Saint Petersburg.

When the town was annexed by the Soviet Union during the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the tomb was despoiled and destroyed.