Oleśnica Mała

Oleśnica Mała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oława, within Oława County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.It lies approximately 11 kilometres south of Oława, and 36 kilometres south-east of the regional capital Wrocław.

The castle of Olesnic erected by the Piast duke Bolesław I the Tall of Silesia was first mentioned in an 1173 deed. Bolesław's son and successor Duke Henry I the Bearded and his wife Saint Hedwig of Andechs granted it to the Knights Templar in 1226. Upon the order's dissolution in 1314, the commandry passed to the Knights Hospitaller. The settlement arose around the castle within the Duchy of Brzeg under Ludwik I the Fair in the late 14th century.