Tymmenitzengasse

The first of the old names indicates that the old town prison was located here. Tymmenitz comes from the Slavic term temnica, which means something like a dark, windowless room. This term was used in Gdańsk to refer to a prison until at least 1707. The later name, Kerewedergasse (Kehrwiedergasse), suggests that it was a dead-end street at that time. Today, it is simply called Ölmühlengasse, which translates to Oil Mill Alley.