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It can get slippery on the streets of Bavaria - like here at Stötten
Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / dpa
As soon as November has begun, it is getting wintry - at least a little: In Baden-Württemberg it snowed heavier at night for the first time this year.
According to the German Weather Service (DWD), the snow line sank to about 1000 meters.
In the south of Bavaria, too, there was fresh snow from the Allgäu Alps to the Berchtesgadener Land and in isolated cases in the Bavarian Forest at night.
Heavy snowfall led to significant obstructions on the Brenner motorway in Austria.
Fresh snow in the mountains
Especially in the high areas of the Black Forest and on the border with the Allgäu, people could look forward to the first white flakes - or had to push smaller amounts of snow off the sidewalk.
According to a DWD spokeswoman, there was 13 centimeters of snow on the 1493-meter-high Feldberg in the morning, and it also snowed lightly in Freudenstadt at around 800 meters.
For Bavaria, the DWD spoke of 5 to 10, locally even up to 20 centimeters of fresh snow above 800 to 1000 meters.
The weather service also warns of slippery roads and slush.
Anyone who drives with summer tires on the vehicle in black ice, slippery snow, slush, ice or slippery frost, has to expect a fine of 60 euros and one point in the traffic offender register in Flensburg.
Closure of the Brenner motorway
The Brenner motorway, the important north-south axis in the direction of Italy, had to be temporarily closed, as the state police headquarters in Innsbruck announced.
Above all, there were always truck traffic jams.
Goods traffic was only processed in blocks on the German-Austrian border near Kufstein.
In the higher elevations, especially on the northern slopes, the snow can stay for a few days, according to a spokesman for the DWD.
In the valleys and on the southern slopes, it should melt again quickly.
bbr / dpa
