Long time ago, when Prince Bolesław the Chaste was the king, he decided to ask for the hand of the princess of Hungary – Kinga. He gave her he ring. She has agreed to become a polish queen.
Kinga’s father wanted to give her gold as dowry, but she said she didn.t need it in Poland, because this country lives in prosperity. Kinga’s father ask: “so what you want my daughter a dowry”. She thought and she wanted salt for her new country.
Kinga and her father went to the mine in Marumuresz. He said: “you have what you wanted, here is a rich salt deposits”. Kinga did;t know how to move the salt to Poland. She asked/pleased God to help. She removed her ring from the finger and threw into the the shaft.
Soon the wedding took place and young couple resided on the Wawel Hill.
After several days Kinga wanted to find her dowry. They went to go. After a while told to stop and told the servant to dig. When he found the rock, said that further digging is impossible. He gave her white piece of rock, which was a lump of salt. Ordered it split and fell out from inside her engagement ring.
Then everybody understand that the ring, which she threw into the mine in Marumuresz brought the precious salt to Poland. Since then, the mine in Wieliczka is famous for its rich salt deposits.