Duchy of Legnica
The village in the historic Lower Silesia region was first mentioned as Old Polish "Chrechim" in a 1267 deed issued by Pope Clement IV, concerning the grant of tithes to monks of Trzebnica Abbey. Then part of the Duchy of Legnica, German peasants and craftsmen from about 1280 settled here under the German town law of neighbouring Lubin in the course of the "Ostsiedlung" migration, invited by the ruling Silesian dukes of the Piast dynasty. The parish church, nowadays dedicated to St Maria Domenica Mazzarello, was erected in the 14th century.