 The name of the village comes from Bishop of Kraków Wojciech Jastrzebiec, and since its foundation until 1795 (see Partitions of Poland), it belonged to Lesser Poland's Sandomierz Voivodeship.According to Jan Długosz, Jastrząb was founded by Bishop Jastrzebiec in the year 1422.The village was located on a merchant route from Iłża to Skrzynno, and was granted Magdeburg rights on September 30, 1427, by Cardinal Zbigniew Olesnicki.