Kiek in de Kök, Tallinn

Kiek in de Kok ( High German: Kuck in the kitchen ) is a Low German name, which was coined in the Middle Ages for towers. You could look into the kitchens of the citizens of the city from the high buildings of, so to speak.

Due to the German history in the Baltic States is also a former cannon tower in the Estonian capital Tallinn. The tower was built in 1475, it is 38 m high, has a diameter of 17 m, the walls are 3-4 m thick. He was at that time the largest of its kind in Northern Europe.

In the Livonian War, the tower was partially destroyed ( the immured in the wall cannonballs remember the damage), but later rebuilt. He is now fully restored and houses a part of the Tallinn City Museum.