The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of
Diocese of Wrocław called
Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as
item in Warsowitz debent esse triginta novem mansi. 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. Politically the village belonged initially to the
Duchy of Racibórz, since 1327 a
fee of the
Kingdom of Bohemia. During the political upheaval caused by
Matthias Corvinus the land around
Pszczyna was overtaken by
Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn, who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian
magnates of the
Thurzó family, forming the
Pless state country. In the accompanying sales document issued on 21 February 1517 the village was mentioned as
Wrssowicze. The Kingdom of Bohemia in 1526 became part of the
Habsburg monarchy. In the
War of the Austrian Succession most of Silesia was conquered by the
kingdom of Prussia, including the village. After
World War I and
Upper Silesia plebiscite it became a part of
Silesian Voivodeship,
Second Polish Republic. It was then annexed by
Nazi Germany at the beginning of
World War II. After the war it was restored to Poland. ==References==