Rozdziele r is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and sołectwo in the administrative district of Gmina Żegocina

Gmina Zegocina

Gmina Żegocina is a rural gmina in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Żegocina, which lies approximately south of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, within Bochnia County

Bochnia County

Bochnia County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Bochnia, which lies ...

, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...

, in southern Poland. It lies on road number 965, roughly 3 km (2 mi) south of Żegocina

Zegocina

Żegocina is a village and sołectwo in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Żegocina. It lies on road number 965, approximately south of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-Origins:The settlement was founded by...

 and 25 km (16 mi) south of the county town of Bochnia

Bochnia

Bochnia is a town of 30,000 inhabitants on the river Raba in southern Poland. The town lies approximately in halfway [] between Tarnów and the regional capital Kraków . Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built circa 1248...

, and about 10 km (6 mi) north of Limanowa

Limanowa

Limanowa is a small town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Limanowa County....

.

Origins

The name Rozdziele indicates the idea of division and relates to the area being on the drainage divide between the Raba and Dunajec rivers. The earliest mention of the name occurs in 1262, in a grant of forest rights from king Bolesław V the Chaste, though there is no indication as to whether a settlement with that name existed then. The first definite mention of Rozdziele as a village does not occur until 1490.

The centre of the village is in Upper Rozdziele (Rozdziele Górne); Lower Rozdziele (Rozdziele Dolne) lies downhill towards the east.

Economy

These days the local economy centres around agriculture and, increasingly, tourism, given the village's location amongst hills and unspoilt countryside.

Religion

There is a historic Roman Catholic church by the lane leading to Lower Rozdziele. Dedicated to St. James the Apostle it is subsidiary to the parish church in Żegocina. Of wooden construction, typical of this part of Poland, the building dates back to the 16th century, and originally stood in Królówka

Królówka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Królówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Nowy Wiśnicz, south of Bochnia, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

. It was transported to its current location in 1986. The building is on the Wooden Architecture Trail.

See also

• Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland
  Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland
  Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland and Subcarpathia of the UNESCO inscription are located in Gorlice, Nowy Targ, Bochnia counties , and Brzozów County and are in Binarowa, Blizne, Dębno, Haczów, Lipnica Dolna, and Sękowa...