Town fortifications Gdańsk - Kiek in de Kök Tower

Kiek in de Kök (High German: Look into the Kitchen) is a Low German name coined in the Middle Ages for towers. From the high structures, one could, so to speak, look into the kitchens of the city's citizens. Among other things, a tower in Gdansk is called this in German. The 36 m high octagonal tower with a brick cap was built towards the end of the 14th century, as part of the medieval fortification ring around the Main City. The tower has eight floors, its walls are up to two and a half meters thick. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the tower was also used as a warehouse, an observation tower or a prison. In Polish, it is called "Jacek Bastion" in honor of St. Jacek Odrowąż (German Hyacinth of Poland).