 Due to its location near the restless southern border of Poland, Tysmienica was frequently raided and burned to the ground, by the Crimean Tatars and Wallachians.A local Roman Catholic parish was founded by the Voivode of Braclaw Voivodeship, Mikolaj Potocki.The church was operated by the Dominican friars under prior Szymon Okolski, who opened a school here.