Żegocina


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 Wierzbięta in the 12th century. A church was established in 1293 by the knight Zbigniew Żegota, of the clan Topór.