During the siege of Vienna in 1683, Kulczycki, disguised as an Ottoman soldier and singing Turkish songs under his breath, passed through the enemy camp, sneaked out of the besieged city and contacted Prince Charles V Leopold of Lorraine, whose reply announcing relief he carried to the besieged. The news dissuaded the city’s residents. The city council rewarded him with a considerable sum of money (100 ducats), and he also received a house on the Leopoldstadt estate. King John III Sobieski allowed him to choose as a reward any item from the camp of the defeated enemy. Kulczycki chose 300 sacks of “strange grain,” which the victors intended to throw away, thinking it was camel food. Meanwhile, the sacks contained a supply of coffee. Emperor Leopold bestowed on him the title of imperial translator of the Turkish language. He also received an exemption from taxes for 20 years.
