Wanda Mound ( pl, kopiec Wandy) is a tumulus located in Mogiła (since 1949 a neighbourhood of district Nowa Huta) in Kraków, Poland. The mound is assumed to be the resting place of the legendary princess Wanda. According to one version of the story, she committed suicide by drowning in the Vistula river to avoid unwanted marriage with a German. The mound is located close to the spot on the river bank where her body was found. Archaeological studies, conducted on site in 1913 and in mid-1960, did not provide any conclusive evidence of the mound's age or purpose. The mound base, some in diameter, is at

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, and its height is . Unlike the other three mounds in Kraków, this one is not located on a natural hill.Krakow Mounds, Kraków, Poland
at Sacred Destinations, 2009 The first written record of the mound comes from the 13th century. Within of the mound-site in 1225 a monastery was built by the bishop of Kraków, Iwo Odrowąż, called the

Mogiła Abbey Mogiła Abbey ( pl, Opactwo Cystersów w Mogile; la, Abbatia B.M.V. de Clara Tumba) is a Cistercian monastery in the Nowa Huta District of Kraków, Poland. The abbey was founded in 1222 by the Bishop of Kraków, Iwo Odrowąż. The religious comp ...

, which is still active today. In 1860 it became a part of

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fortifications, pulled down only in 1968-1970. In 1890 a monument designed by

Jan Matejko Jan Alojzy Matejko (; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Poles, Polish painting, painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works includ ...

was erected at the top: an eagle on a plinth decorated with a relief of a sword and a distaff, below the inscription "Wanda".

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