The village was first mentioned in a written document in 1428. It was heavily influenced by the industry. At the beginning of the 20th century, rapid industrial development occurred, which led also to a rise of the village's population. According to the
Austrian census of 1910 the village had 3,016 inhabitants, 2,865 of whom had permanent residence there. The census asked people for their native language; 1,761 (61.5%) were German-speaking, 992 (34.6%) were Polish-speaking and 112 (3.9%) were Czech-speaking.
Jews were not allowed to declare
Yiddish, most of them thus declared the German language as their native. The most populous religious groups were
Roman Catholics with 2,733 (90.6%), followed by
Protestants with 112 (3.7%). After
World War I, fall of
Austria-Hungary,
Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of
Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, the village became a part of
Czechoslovakia. Following the
Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the
Zaolzie region it was annexed by
Poland, administratively organised in
Frysztat County of
Silesian Voivodeship. The village was then annexed by
Nazi Germany at the beginning of
World War II. After the war it was restored to
Czechoslovakia. ==Notable people==