Zawiść (German: Zawisc) is a sołectwo in the east of Orzesze, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.

[1] It was an independent village but as a part of gmina Gardawice was administratively merged into Orzesze in 1975.

The first certain mention was in 1574, when it was sold by Wawrzyniec Trach to Jerzy Orzeski.

After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 199 out of 279 voters in Zawiść voted in favour of reintegrating with Poland, which just regained independence, against 79 opting for staying in Germany.

[5] Shortly after capturing the settlement during the invasion of Poland, which started World War II, German troops murdered several Polish defenders in Zawiść on September 3, 1939 (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).