Snow and ice hit road traffic hard in many regions of Germany – many Accidents and sometimes kilometers Staus are the consequence. Stuck trucks blocked the motorways after heavy snowfall, for example in the north and east of Hesse on the A4 and A7: “The situation is catastrophic“, Said a spokesman for the police in Fulda early Monday morning. In many areas, trucks and cars have been stuck in traffic jams for six hours, and things are not going forwards or backwards. Clearance vehicles would hardly get through. Truck drivers should no longer use the motorways. It is not yet clear when the lanes will be clear again.
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Meter-high drifts – the snowstorm is not over yet
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Because of the heavy onset of winter, several cities in Hesse provided the Bus transport completely one – such as Kassel and Marburg an der Lahn. The reasons are the strong ones Snowfall as well as icy roads, announced the Marburg municipal utilities. The buses and trams in Kassel also remain in the depots, according to the municipal utilities.
Also on Monday morning, “Tristan” causes disabilities in many German cities: In many places, public transport has been discontinued or restricted, for example in Bielefeld, Essen, Bochum, Leipzig, Wolfsburg, Hanover and Halle (Saale). In Braunschweig, a snow plow has derailed to clear the tram tracks from snow.
Snow chaos: Lots of accidents and obstructions on motorways
The snow chaos caused many accidents and hindrances on the autobahns: On the A6 near Nuremberg, rows of trucks were also stuck in the snow. A car had turned during the snowfall and blocked the lane, as a police spokesman said on Monday morning. Approximately 100 vehicles then backed up. Until the car was recovered, several trucks had been snowed in. The technical relief organization freed the trucks into the night.
On the A4 near Gera in Thuringia, trucks got stuck in snowdrifts, and a kilometer-long traffic jam formed. Towing services and Clearing vehicles had to free the trucks.
Also in Thuringia, a family of three got stuck in the snow with their car. According to the police, the vehicle stopped at Sömmerda on Sunday evening and could not continue. According to their own statements, the family tried for hours to clear the car from the snow and finally chose the one around midnight Emergency call. The parents and their seven year old daughter had to be rescued by the fire brigade and were put into a Emergency shelter brought. Due to the heavy snowfall, the family’s car could not be recovered at first.
Snow causes more than 500 accidents in North Rhine-Westphalia – one man dies
The situation in North Rhine-Westphalia, on the other hand, was no longer so dramatic: on the highways, it was largely the case on Monday morning free travel for cars. “There were hardly any accidents, everyone was very disciplined,” said a spokesman for the Münster police. The highways in the district are largely passable after the snow chaos at the weekend.
The result of the NRW police: A total of 720 missions within 24 hours brought the officers to the extreme winter weather. The officers were closed from 6 a.m. on Sunday morning to 6 a.m. on Monday morning 507 weather-related accidents been called, said a spokesman for the state control center. In the accidents it was a dead person and 37 slightly injured people. In Duisburg, a car went off the road on Sunday and landed in a stream. The driver died in the process.
On the freeways in Westphalia there is a driving ban for trucks over 7.5 tons until noon on Monday. The reasons for this are the persistent snowfall and icy roads. Some highways are so strong necessarythat it is currently impossible to get the carriageways completely free of ice and snow. In Lower Saxony, the regulation applies to the districts of Emsland, Osnabrück and Grafschaft Bentheim.
Despite the ban on heavy goods traffic, there were a few on the freeways around Osnabrück truck on road. “We cannot completely prevent it,” said a spokesman for the Osnabrück police control center in the morning.
There are also restrictions on the motorways in Berlin: On the city highways should not be driven faster than 60 kilometers per hour due to the weather, explained the traffic information center. Extreme smoothness can be expected on the streets of the capital.
Rail: Long-distance traffic restricted due to snow
Also the timetable of the Bahn meets the extreme winter weather. “Snow and ice will affect DB’s local and long-distance traffic in large parts of the country on Monday too,” said Deutsche Bahn on Sunday evening. Travelers were asked “to use the numerous information channels of DB to find out about their connection before starting their journey”. Long-distance rail traffic between Berlin and Hanover, Frankfurt am Main and Munich will remain for the time being setthe company explained.
A train with around 50 passengers ran aground in the train station in Uelzen in northeast Lower Saxony on Sunday evening. Aid workers provided the people with blankets, hot drinks and a soup. The travelers were able to continue their journey on Monday morning.
Rail travelers can return or exchange tickets
Seat reservations can also be exchanged free of charge. Rail travelers can find up-to-date traffic information online at travel information, in the DB Navigator app and on a free special hotline (08000 996633).
Long-distance traffic is currently set here
There is currently no long-distance traffic on the following railway lines (status: 8.2.21, 11.15 a.m.):
- From Berlin in the direction of Hanover / Cologne, Erfurt, Frankfurt and Munich (via Ulm)
- From Hamburg in the direction of Dortmund / Cologne, Hanover, Frankfurt and Munich (via Ulm)
- From Dresden in the direction of Leipzig, Frankfurt, Hanover and Cologne
- Long-distance traffic north of Frankfurt, e.g. in the direction of Leipzig, Dresden, Berlin, Hanover and Hamburg is suspended until further notice
- Long-distance traffic between Germany and the Netherlands has been suspended until further notice. The ICE trains between Frankfurt and Amsterdam, as well as the Intercity trains between Berlin and Amsterdam, are omitted on the entire route
- There are no long-distance trains between Hamburg and Kiel, Hamburg and Lübeck and between Hamburg and Westerland
- There are no intercity trains between Hanover and Norddeich Mole and between Münster (Westf) and Norddeich Mole
On Monday morning, 8.2., On the website of Deutsche Bahn, you can see that some connections to southern Germany are also canceled. So that too Ulm Central Station affected. However, some run Replacement trains.
On Monday it should continue with hard winter weather: The German Weather Service warned of heavy snowfalls, mostly ten to 25 centimeters, during the night Fresh snow in the first half of the day in central Germany – Northeast Hesse, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony in particular should be affected. In other federal states, too, people have to continue with restrictions due to the Onset of winter calculate.
Winter weather causes floods and traffic chaos
People in northern Germany have to get on Flood set on the Baltic Sea. A continuous easterly wind brings masses of water to the Baltic coast, as a meteorologist said. For Monday, water levels up to 80 centimeters higher can be expected in the Bay of Kiel and the water in the Bay of Lübeck will also rise significantly.
The heavy snowstorm had already started in parts of Germany on Sunday Traffic chaos caused. In some places more than 30 centimeters of snow fell and there were meter-high drifts. Police and fire brigade drove countless missions. There were major restrictions on regional and long-distance rail services. The heavy onset of winter brought the clearance services to their limits in North Rhine-Westphalia, for example. The police had to block highways as smooth as glass, there were hundreds of accidents, and trains were canceled due to iced overhead lines.
At some schools, lessons are canceled due to snow
Several districts had already reacted to the weather forecast on Sunday: In Würzburg, Schweinfurt (each city and district) and in the Bad Kissingen district, classes are canceled, as was read on the registration portal of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture on Sunday. The district of Rhön-Grabfeld waives classroom teaching and Emergency care at all schools. Distance teaching should take place however. The same applies to the district of Kitzingen and the city and district of Bamberg.
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It also occurs in the Main-Spessart district and the Kulmbach district Lessons canceled in the final classes. Most of Bavaria’s students, however, continue to study at home due to the corona.
Deep “Tristan” over Central Europe and the Central Mediterranean, in combination with Hoch “Gisela”, brings more icy air over Scandinavia. “After the snowy and windy weekend, the big one comes from the east cold towards us, ”said meteorologist Simon Trippler from the DWD. Snow must still be expected, but it does not fall as intensely as on the weekend. On Tuesday, the snowfall will mostly subside.
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