Everything that is right - about villains, executioners and executioners

This is where things get serious: it's off to prison - but nowadays only for visitors. City clerk Cyriakus Pfaler explains the development of jurisdiction over the centuries and has a tricky case to solve: „How can an apparent fraud be punished without alienating the rich Nuremberg merchant whose services the city needs?“ Reflecting on this, the legal understanding of the time becomes clear.

Using authentic cases, each guest can test for themselves whether they would have been suitable as a judge in the past. The Saalfeld executioner also has his say after the town's places of execution and other places of jurisdiction in Saalfeld have been presented. And before the view over Saalfeld and the surrounding area widens high up on the battlements, former prisoners tell how they fared in the Darrtor.

It is the oldest gate of the medieval town fortifications. The battlements and conical helmet are striking - two elements that are considered typical of the Saalfeld wall ring. From the 16th century, the gate was used as a prison. Of the five former medieval town gates in Saalfeld, the Darr Gate occupies a special position within the town fortifications.