Croissant's story; where its shape come from? Legend has it, Viennese bakers working throughout the night heard the Turks as they tried to tunnel beneath the city during a 1683 invasion. They alerted the city’s defenders, in essence saving it from the Ottoman siege. In celebration, the bakers created a pastry that would symbolize the crescent moon, which is also a prominent symbol on the Turkish flag. The German word kipferl, or crescent, became a culinary re-enactment of Vienna’s victory over the Turks. https://altohartley.com/a-brief-history-of-the-croissant/