[1] It is located in the western part of the city, alongside Wapienica river.

[2] The village was most probably established be German settlers but they borrowed the name of the settlement from the Slavic name of the local stream Łopienica.

[3] Politically it belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and also a part of the Habsburg monarchy.

According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 792 in 1880 to 823 in 1910 with a majority being native German-speakers (at most 90.2% in 1880, at least 66.1% in 1890) accompanied by a Polish-speaking minority (at least 9.7% in 1880, at most 33.8% in 1890).

It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II.