▁For ▁this ▁reason , ▁many ▁land wehr s ▁were ▁abandoned ▁or ▁left ▁un fin ished ▁for ▁long ▁periods ▁of ▁time ▁for ▁reasons ▁of ▁cost . ▁ ▁Intent ional ▁damage ▁of ▁a ▁land wehr ▁was ▁pun ished ▁with ▁severe ▁pen alt ies . ▁In ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁the ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 - kil omet re - long ▁West phal ian ▁Land wehr ▁in ▁the ▁Te ut ob urg ▁Forest , ▁pun ish ments ▁r anged ▁from ▁cutting ▁off ▁the ▁right ▁hand ▁to ▁the ▁death ▁penalty . ▁Even ▁crossing ▁a ▁land wehr ▁in ▁author ised ▁places ▁ ▁was ▁often ▁pun ished . ▁On ▁the ▁Rh ön ▁Land wehr , ▁cutting ▁through ▁the ▁h ed ging ▁or ▁using ▁the ▁pat rol ▁road ▁was ▁pun ish able ▁by ▁a ▁fine ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁five ▁gu ild ers . ▁ ▁These ▁border ▁install ations ▁were ▁constantly ▁renew ed ▁and ▁maintained ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁and , ▁in ▁times ▁of ▁extreme ▁danger , ▁even ▁rein for ced ▁and ▁turned ▁into ▁fort ifications . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 3 ▁in ▁Pr uss ia , ▁the ▁oblig ation ▁to ▁defend ▁the ▁earth works , ▁which ▁were ▁slight ed ▁under ▁Napoleon ▁but ▁never theless ▁remained ▁functional , ▁became ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁general ▁service ▁duties ▁of ▁the ▁military ▁form ations ▁of ▁the ▁Pr uss ian ▁Land wehr ▁( a ▁territorial ▁force ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁confused ▁with ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁this ▁article ). ▁In ▁many ▁cases ▁the ▁field ▁fort ifications ▁of ▁the ▁Land wehr ▁troops ▁were ▁abandoned