The Polish Village of Święta Rozalia (Szelków Parish)

The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) includes one entry for a Polish village called Rozalia Święta belonging to the parish of Szelków.

Święta Rozalia and Surrounding Area – 1910

Third Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary (ELTE Faculty of Informatics,
Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics); digital images, Lazarus ELTE
(http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/39-53.jpg: accessed 20 December 2025)

Source: Chlebowski, Bronisław and Władysław Walewski, eds., Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) – Warsaw 1888, Volume IX, page 827.

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the the Słownik Geograficzny entry for Święta Rozalia. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:

     Rozalia Święta, a village and forestry district in Maków Powiat, Orzyc gmina. It belongs to the Magnuszewo estate, which forms part of the Krasne estate complex. The village has 4 inhabitants and covers 34 mórgs [Gerald Ortell’s book on Polish Parish Records states that in the Russian partition 1 mórg = 1.388 acres], while the forestry district covers 2555 mórgs.

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