The name of the rock comes from the knight Kmita, who, according to a legend from the early 16th century, fell unhappily in love with the beautiful Olimpia Bonerowna, the daughter of the then owner of Balice. Unable to marry her, he threw himself and his horse off the rock in despair, dying on the spot. Bonerówna was supposedly given to a convent. There is a cross at the place where he jumped. An old inscription (renovated in 2016) carved on the rock a few meters above the road reads:

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Elevation 230 m

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