Baszta Czarownic, Słupsk

Witches' Tower in Słupsk - a tower of an old city fortification built between the early 14th and mid-15th century, which was constructed on the site of a palisade mentioned as early as 1325.

The fortifications were built of erratic stones and bricks, and are laid in Vendian and Polish threads. The gates were built of brick. The height of the walls in Slupsk was about 6.5 meters. The walls were fortified with towers. The River Slupia, which surrounded the walls, provided additional defense for the city. The walls were built in stages, in the first stage, that is in the middle of the 14th century, they had wooden superstructures. In the period from 1348 to 1385 the gates were raised and the walls were supplemented on the south-western side of the town. In the fifteenth century the upper storeys of the gates were built over to form a closed structure of the Witches' Tower.

In the 17th century a modern defence system was introduced outside the walls; the interior of the Witches' Tower was converted into a prison. In this prison women were kept during the investigation, which consisted mainly of torture, these women were suspected of witchcraft and were also kept here before the execution - burning at the stake. The last victim of the witchcraft trial in the then Prussian Slupsk was a Catholic woman, Trina Papisten. The interiors of the city wall gates were converted into apartments. The then appearance of the tower is immortalized on the map of E. Lubinus' map.

Already from the beginning of the 19th century the Witches' Tower was converted into a stable, then it became a prison again from 1871. The tower was damaged in 1945 during the warfare.

The reconstruction of the Witches' Tower took place in 1970-1973, and the interiors and facade on the city side were transformed. The tower is located at today's 13 Francesco Nullo Avenue.