The location known as Vokiečių (German) or Vokė Corner is near T. Daugirdo, Santakos and Muziejaus streets. The name German Corner probably appeared in the times of Vytautas the Great, in the beginning of the 15th century, when German merchants from Gdansk settled in Kaunas and preserved their own autonomy until the beginning of the 16th century. In this location blocks and land plots had residential buildings as early as the 15th century. Signs of former buildings were found all over the location; the most popular floors were of burned wood or compacted soil floors; the remains of the earliest wooden buildings have been dated to the beginning of the 15th century. Stone buildings were constructed from the second half of the 15th century, and there was a surge in replacing wooden buildings with stone from the end of the 16th century. A defined planning of buildings and orderly courtyards are notable. There were residential houses and courtyards; and yard buildings of varied construction were used for crafts and manufacturing.
Mindaugas Bertašius