Grabowiec

Grabowiec grew around a fortified settlement on the route from Volodymyr in Volhynia towards Zawichost. A stronghold stood here by 1268, and the town became an administrative and trading centre of the Belz region. Its Magdeburg rights were confirmed in 1447. Tatars burned the town in 1500, after which King John Albert exempted it from customs and taxes for six years to encourage recovery.