The roads were inspired by the network of imperial highways constructed in France during the era of Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte.

This road, named an imperial highway (Reichstrasse) in 1433, was one of the most important thoroughfares in Germany up until the late Middle Ages.

In medieval documents, the road is often referred to as the Kaiserstraße, the emperor's highway, because over the centuries many high ranking personalities used the imperial highway.

Around the year 1220, the then reigning lord of the region erected a fortified tower in order to protect the imperial highway at the toll station in Horrenberg.

Thanks to its location off the imperial highway, the village did not remain largely undisturbed compared to the neighboring villages.

We went southwesterly, and after a few days we reached the crossroads where the country lane we were following intersected with the imperial highway.

"There is no road for me but the imperial highway," said Xaltotun.

The cursus also used communities located along the imperial highways.

This is an imperial highway.

The system dates back to December 16, 1811, when Napoleon designated a number of routes impériales (imperial highways).