Make clickable UI-elements for windows Phone 8.1 apps maps

Windows Phone 8.1 App , C#
I would like to let the user add Pushpins ( which apparently are called MapIcons ) to the map and when the user clicks the newly created Pushpin some other ui-elements should appear.
But apparently MapIcons are not clickable and you can not inherit from them since they are sealed, so no luck in making them clickable.
I tried to just extend from Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Button , but those have not Location, probably because the do not belong to the Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Maps-namespace. So I can not really add them to the Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Maps.MapControl.Children
or Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Maps.MapControl.MapElements, since they will not be on the map where I would want them to be.
So how do you make a clickable ui-element that I can give a location on the map?
I already was here
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/dn792121.aspx#showing_xaml_controls_and_shapes_on_the_map
But I don't see how I can add clickable elements to my map
I could write something like this of course
        <Maps:MapControl Grid.Row="1"
            x:Name="map"
            MapServiceToken="token"
            >
            <Maps:MapIcon>
            </Maps:MapIcon>
        </Maps:MapControl>
But this MapIcon again is not clickable and it also staticly coded. I want to add mine dynamic.

Hi Michael,
Yes, as you said the MapIcon is not clickable, then for the workaround, please try to check the reply which posted by @Jogy in here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25377526/windows-phone-8-1-mapicon-click-event .
Rest Regards,
Amy Peng
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