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thumb|right|The Westphalian Hellweg (marked red) at Dortmund in 1610, map by Detmar Muhler In the Middle Ages, Hellweg was the official and common name given to main travelling routes in Germany. Their breadth was decreed as an unimpeded passageway a lance's width, about three metres, which the landholders, through which the Hellweg passed, were required to maintain.