The village was mentioned in chronicles as early as the 16th century. It was a privately owned village of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The village changed owners many times, in the 17th and 18th centuries it belonged to the
Gosiewski,
Sapieha,
Flemming,
Czartoryski and
Poniatowski families. In 1720, Vowchyn came into the possession of
Stanisław Poniatowski, father of the last King of Poland
Stanisław August Poniatowski, born here in 1732. In the early 18th century, a palace complex was built in Vowchyn by Prince
Fryderyk Michał Czartoryski. The only standing remains is the 1729 Chapel of the Holy Trinity, which in
Soviet times was used as a fertilizer warehouse. In 1761, Prince
Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and
Izabela Czartoryska got married in Vowchyn. 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 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. The church was recently renovated. In 1995 the king's remains were moved to
St. John's Cathedral in
Warsaw. office == Notable people ==