City/Town:Kraków (Cracovia)

Name of the place:Wanda Mound (Kopiec Wandy)

Country:Poland

Province/Département:Kraków

Region:Lesser Poland

Number of inhabitants:782

Town's coat of arms:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/POL_Krak%C3%B3w_COA.svg/584px-POL_Krak%C3%B3w_COA.svg.png

Location:50.07085393402095, 20.068073799999997

Reasons for its inclusion:Due to the legend of a princess Wanda who did not want to merry a German prince and decided to suicide herself in order to avoid an unwanted marriage

a book by Zacharias Werner: Wanda (1810); a tragic opera by a Czech composer Antonín Dvo?ák called Vanda (first performed in 1876); Cyprian Norwid, a Polish

Objects:a statuefrom 1890 by Jan Matejko, a Polish sculptor, is mounted on top of the mound

Related stories or tales:The first mention is from the 12th century by Wincenty Kad?ubek in his Polish Chronicle

Photos:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Chronica_Polonorum%2C_Vanda.jpg/800px-Chronica_Polonorum%2C_Vanda.jpg