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Sielec - Sedlecz, Siedlce, Sielce - these are the ancient names of a knight's settlement located on the route from Będzin to Mysłowice. Sielec is a very old settlement. We learn about its existence from the "Liber Beneficiorum" of Jan Długosz, in which it is written that In 1361, Abraham of Goszyce and Otto of Pilica, of the Topór coat of arms, changed the settlement of Siedlecz into Witanowice. Długosz also wrote: "item ibi est praedium militare" (translate: there is also a knightly property here). Over the long history, the village belonged to many powerful families. The owners of Sielec were, among others royal cupbearers Piotr Szafraniec, Wisław and Piotr of Mysłowice, Jaroccy, Minorowie, and in the 18th century the Modrzewscy, Tęgoborscy, Zulińscy and Stojowscy families.
In 1620, Sebastian Minor of Przybysławice built a castle. In 1824, Sielec and the castle building were consumed by fire. Eight years later - in 1832, it was rebuilt according to the design of Józef Heintzl in the shape that we can admire to this day. At the beginning of the 19th century, Sielec passed into German hands. It belonged to the Prussian general Schimmelpfenig von der Oye (1802-1814), Prince Ludwik zu Anhalt-Coethen (until 1836), Szarlota von Stolberg-Wernigerode, and from 1856 to Count Jan Renard.
As early as 1806, a hard coal mine called "Nadzieja Ludwika" was opened in Sielec, which initiated the development of the mining industry in this area. Open until 1864, it belonged to the heirs of the Sielce-Modrzejów estate. It was restarted by the heirs of Count Renard under the name "Ludwik" and was operated intermittently until 1906. In the 1870s, the "Fanny" mine was established. Its proper development took place in the 1980s (construction of the "Eulenburg" and "Renard" mining shafts). The mine was owned by the heirs of Count Renard, and then the Gwarectwo established by them, in which the majority of shares were owned by French capital. In 1883 the mine was renamed "Renard", from 1946 it was called the "Sosnowiec" Mine and was the leading mining plant in the area. It does not currently exist. In 1881, the steel industry also appeared here, due to the construction of the "Katarzyna" smelter on the border with Konstantynów. The last village administrator of Sielec was Antoni Dziedzic. In 1902, Sielec and the surrounding villages were merged into one city of Sosnowiec.
Source:
1. Jan Przemsza-Zieliński "Known and ... unknown Sosnowiec" (1992), Sowa-Press, Ekspres Zagłębiowski
2. Marian Kantor-Mirski "From the past of Zagłębie D±browskie and its surroundings" (1931-32)
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