 Before 1945 it belonged to the district of Landkreis Oppeln

The village is situated near the Turawa Reservoir, which was begun in 1933 with construction of the dam and then completed in 1938.During its contraction, 3 million cubic tons of earth were moved, 225 thousand tons of stone, 10 thousand tons of cement and the same amount of reinforced steel.The construction of the dam destroyed several villages, and villagers from three (Zamoscie, Krzysline, and Vorwerk Kuchara) were resettled in Groß Kottorz.