 In 1765 the lordship passed to Count Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode, whose descendants held the estates until their expulsion in 1945.The social hardship of the population in the course of the 19th century industrialisation was perpetuated by the famous Silesian author Gerhart Hauptmann in his play "The Weavers", which is set in Peterswaldau.From 1871 the village was part of Germany and in 1945, after Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II, it became again part of Poland.