The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Zengilow.[1][2][3] It meant that the village was in the process of location (the size of land to pay a tithe from was not yet precised). The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what will be later known as Upper Silesia.
After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia. The village as a municipality was subscribed to the political and legal district of Cieszyn. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 501 in 1880 to 506 in 1910 with a majority being native Polish-speakers (between 97.4% and 99.2%) accompanied by a German-speaking people (at most 12 or 2.6% 1890) and Czech-speaking (at most 5 or 1% in 1900). In terms of religion in 1910 majority were Protestants (71.7%), followed by Roman Catholics (28.3%).[4] The village was also traditionally inhabited by Cieszyn Vlachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect.
Karol Kulisz, Protestant pastor and activist, was born here
Landmarks
There is a 15th-century château in the village. Until 1444 it was owned by the noble family Pelhrzim of Trankowice (von Pelchrzim).
References
^Panic, Idzi (2010). Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528) [Cieszyn Silesia in the Middle Ages (until 1528)] (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. pp. 297–299. ISBN978-83-926929-3-5.