, ▁Roth enburg , ▁Lü beck ▁or ▁M ühl hausen . ▁The ▁traces ▁of ▁the ▁Roth enburg ▁Land he ge ▁are ▁still ▁about ▁ 6 0 ▁km ▁long ▁today , ▁the ▁M ühl hä us en ▁Land gra ben , ▁still ▁some ▁ 2 6 ▁km ▁long , ▁rec alls ▁the ▁border ▁between ▁M ühl hausen ▁and ▁E ich sf eld . ▁ ▁These ▁earth works ▁served ▁several ▁functions . ▁They ▁marked , ▁protected ▁and ▁helped ▁to ▁bring ▁peace ▁to ▁territ ories ▁that ▁were ▁under ▁their ▁re e ve ▁( Gre ve ), ▁count ▁( G raf ) ▁or ▁Amt mann . ▁This ▁grouping ▁of ▁tasks ▁for ▁the ▁protection ▁of ▁def ended ▁territ ories ▁( Land wehr ) ▁reson ated ▁with ▁the ▁term ▁H ege ▁( a ▁range ▁of ▁measures ▁concerning ▁hunting ▁and ▁wild life ) ▁in ▁terms ▁such ▁as ▁H ege , ▁He ege , ▁H ag , ▁Ha ag ▁or ▁He cke , ▁but ▁also ▁with ▁the ▁term ▁Schutz heck e ▁or ▁" prote ct ive ▁h edge ". ▁N umer ous ▁to pon ym s ▁such ▁as ▁Zar ge , ▁Geb ück , ▁We hr hol z ▁or ▁Ge h ag ▁recall ▁different ▁variants ▁of ▁these ▁def ensive ▁structures ▁as ▁e . g . ▁h ed ges , ▁exc av ation ▁works ▁or ▁st agger ed ▁constru ctions . ▁ ▁The ▁main ▁objective ▁of ▁these ▁bar riers ▁was ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁population ▁and ▁their ▁land ▁from ▁the ▁host ile ▁claims , ▁ra ids , ▁pred ations ▁and ▁war like ▁assault