| Grojec | |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Oświęcim |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Oświęcim |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1285 |
| Population As Of: | 2006 |
| Population Total: | 2923 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 49.9828°N 19.2294°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 32-615 |
| Area Code: | +48 33 |
| Blank Name: | Car plates |
| Blank Info: | KOS |
Grojec is a historic village in Oświęcim County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) south of Oświęcim and 520NaN0 west of the regional capital Kraków.
The village was first mentioned as Grozey in 1285 in the document allowing komes Adam to establish a new village Sępnia (contemporary Poręba Wielka), which would lay close to Grojec.[2] It was later mentioned as Grodecz (1364), Grodicz (1442), Grodziecz (1537). The name indicates existence of a gord, of which traces can be found on a nearby hill.
Politically it belonged initially to the Duchy of Racibórz and the Castellany of Oświęcim, which was in 1315 formed in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland into the Duchy of Oświęcim, ruled by a local branch of Silesian Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia. In 1457 Jan IV of Oświęcim agreed to sell the duchy to the Polish Crown, and in the accompanying document issued on 21 February the village was mentioned as Grodecz.[3]
The territory of the Duchy of Oświęcim was eventually incorporated into Poland in 1564 and formed Silesian County of Kraków Voivodeship. Upon the First Partition of Poland in 1772 it became part of the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia. After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary it became part of Poland. It was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II, and afterwards it was restored to Poland.
. Julian Zinkow . Oświęcim i okolice. Przewodnik monograficzny . Wydawnictwo „PLATAN“ . 1994 . Oświęcim . 228 . Polish . 83-7094-002-1.