KIek in de kök
Kiek in de Kök tower
The cannon tower Kiek in de Kök was founded in 1475-1483. The name was first
recorded in the description of the second siege of Tallinn in 1577 as Kyck in de Kaeken,
later on several forms of the same name were used, such as Kik (Kyk) in de Kok, Kiek in
die Küche, Pulffer-Thurm Giecken Köck. In 1696 the present name Kiek in de Kök was
also mentioned, meaning "peek into the kitchen" in Low German. And true enough, it
was possible to watch what the enemy was doing in their "kitchen" i.e. on position lower
down from the about 38m-high tower. Already in the late 15th century the tower was
somewhat reconstructed. The outer walls were made thicker and the tower got a diameter
of 17.3 m
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