The second half of winter brings minus degrees and sometimes severe frost in large parts of Germany. According to the German Weather Service (DWD), in the night on Monday in Deutschneudorf-Brüderwiese in the Erzgebirge it was the coldest with minus 18.4 degrees. At private weather stations partly even lower temperatures were recorded.

Also in the Bavarian Zwiesel it was particularly cold with minus 15.9 degrees. In the Hessian Burgwald-Bottendorf minus 13.8 degrees were measured.

Cool - and partly sunny - it remains on Tuesday. The DWD expects light permafrost in the southeast and in the mountains , otherwise the temperatures are between zero and three degrees during the day. In the afternoon, light snowfall could start between Emsland and Eifel . At night, it cools to minus five to minus ten degrees.

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Freezing temperatures in Germany: blue sky and crisp cold

On Wednesday, according to the meteorologists also prevail during the day minus degrees. On Thursday, the daily highs are expected to fluctuate between minus four and two degrees. Sun and clouds alternate in many places, snow falls only sporadically. During the night of friday it can get cold to minus 12 degrees.

In a Essen comprehensive school , the icy temperatures had consequences: Frozen water pipes in the Klos have given the students a day off. The lines of the currently housed in containers toilet facilities Erich-Kästner-Gesamtschule were frozen, said a city spokeswoman. The students were therefore sent home in the morning. A company then made the pipes ice-free again. On Tuesday, the lessons should again take place as planned. The "WAZ" had reported about it.