Imperial road, or Reichsstraße, a major European route in medieval times that was under the imperial or royal ban
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The site of the castle, over the main Imperial road through the Fils valley, allowed the Helfensteins to observe and control trade in the region.
Scheßlitz lies right on Bundesstraße 22, the former Rottendorf–Weiden Imperial Road (Reichsstraße) which runs from Rottendorf near Würzburg to Cham in the Upper Palatinate and has a connection with the A 70, which runs from Bamberg to Bayreuth.