Kraków has an interesting story to how it got it's name. The name is traditionally derived from Krakus, the legendary founder of  Kraków. He was a ruler of a tribe of Lechitians, who were certain Western Slavic tribes who inhabited  modern day Poland. In Polish,  Kraków is an archaic possessive form of Krak and  Kraków essentially means "Krak's." The first mention of Prince Krakus, however, is in 1190, but the town has been in existence since the 600s, when it was inhabited by a tribe of Vistulans. It is also possible that  Kraków is a derivative  of the word "kruk," which means crow or raven. Kraków's official name is  Stołeczne Królewskie Miasto Kraków,  or Royal Capital of  Kraków. Because of my love for hockey,  Kraków does have a men's professional hockey team - KS Cracovia. They play in the Polska Hokej Liga.  They have been Polish champs twelve times - 1937, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 - then they went 57 years without a champions...