Creglingen still has three preserved town towers. During the Middle Ages, there were many other towers such as the Zinkenistenturm or the Hebammenturm. The septic tower here was part of the town wall and served as a prison tower for a long time. For the inmates of the tower at the time, imprisonment meant malnutrition and infirmity - as the name ‘Faulturm’ suggests.... The building to the left of the tower served as a Jewish synagogue for a long time and was Creglingen's first youth hostel in the 1960s.
The ‘Neue Straße’ now turns right. After approx. 80 metres it crosses ‘Badgasse’ on the right. The name Badgasse goes back to the ‘Badstube’, which was located in the corner house Badgasse/ Neue Strasse 3 from 1593 to 1773.
The public bathing parlour, where barbers, bathers and surgeons were available, played an important role in the life of the town and gave Badgasse its name, which is where you will discover the Jewish Museum, which has a permanent exhibition entitled ‘Roots, Paths, Life onwards’.
Further ahead in ‘Neue Straße’, at the junction with ‘Kreuzstraße’, there is a large brick house on the right-hand side with an Art Nouveau painting in the gable that is well worth seeing. The first owner probably had it painted for the sake of his daughter. The tools that can also be seen indicate the builder's profession.
The ‘Herrgottstor’, a double gate tower, one of Creglingen's three town gates, once stood at approximately this intersection. Nothing remains of this building apart from a plaque set into the small natural stone wall to your left. Unfortunately, the inscription is illegible.
Now walk straight ahead across the crossroads into the narrow ‘Stadtgraben’. The exposed part of the wall of the corner building on the left was also once part of the town wall, which led from here to the ‘Lindlein Tower’, which stands approx. 100 metres further on and is now a museum about the life and work of the last inhabitant.