Kalmerana or kameralnym, means "intimate/cozy", commonly translated to "chamber" and likely derives from how the village is situated among the forests in a very peaceful place far from civilization.

[5] In 1372, Paszko Tresta of Brzany, Gedcycze allowed the brothers Błażej and Filip from Tworkowa to establish the village of Ruda Kameralna south of Filipowice in the woods on the Świdnik Swamp.

[6] Salmon from the nearby stream was smoked and chopped and the water was used in the hammer mill to refine the iron they mined.

Although a village comprised completely of Poles, it was to remain part of Austria until the end of World War I.

The fighting continued until June 28, 1919, when the Treaty of Versailles was signed and the village became part of the new Republic of Poland with the rest of West Galicia.

The town of Ruda Kameralna became part of Germany with its residents deprived of their voting rights and banned from non-Nazi political parties.

The Rudzanka, a stream running through the village, turned into a great mass of brownish water that destroyed roads, houses, and farm buildings and forced the evacuation of the population.

[7] Ruda Kameralna lies on the Rudzianka, a stream that flows down the mountains from the small village of Dzierżaniny in the south, to the Dunajec River in the north.

[9] As per 1890 Austrian Census of Galicia, there were 696 people in 112 houses residing in the village with an area of 6.5 square kilometres (2.5 sq mi).

[12] The Great Southern Loop (Wielka Pętla Południowa) or the PTTK "green trail" is the longest biking rout in the community of Zakliczyn at 40 kilometres (25 mi) long.

One is square with a gabled roof and a recessed niche featuring a folk sculpture of Christ crucified and paintings of the Family and Heart of St. Mary.