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Erfurt (dpa / th) - In Thuringia, severe permafrost must be expected in the coming days.
There was already a foretaste in the night from Monday to Tuesday.
There are still restrictions on rail traffic.
TEMPERATURES: It was coldest on Tuesday night in Olbersleben in the Sömmerda district - the thermometer showed minus 21.4 degrees.
However, that was still a bit far from a Thuringian cold record.
According to the German Weather Service (DWD), this was measured on February 2, 1830 in Jena at minus 30.6 degrees.
"Until Sunday, severe permafrost, which means permanently below minus ten degrees, must be expected," said DWD meteorologist Cathleen Hickmann.
Local temperatures of minus 25 degrees are to be expected.
ICE SURFACES: Despite the currently strong sub-zero temperatures, the water rescue service of the Thuringia Association of the German Red Cross (DRK) urgently warns against stepping on ice surfaces of bodies of water.
"In principle, only released ice surfaces should be used," said a spokesman for the Thuringian DRK in Erfurt.
Particularly dangerous places in lakes are the areas near an inlet through a stream.
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RAIL TRANSPORT: Deutsche Bahn reported that the long-distance trains on the Berlin - Erfurt route were only able to run with a limited number of services and also significant delays.
The train service of Abellio Rail Central Germany was only possible to a limited extent on Tuesday in Thuringia.
The routes Leipzig - Naumburg - Weimar - Erfurt - Eisenach and Halle - Naumburg - Jena - Saalfeld were navigable.
The connections from Halle in the direction of Sangerhausen - Nordhausen - Leinefelde - Kassel and the route between Sangerhausen and Erfurt could still not be served.
ROAD TRAFFIC: After accidents on Autobahn 4, car and truck drivers were stuck for hours.
The traffic jam reached across the state border to Hessen.
In Eisenach, in the Werner-Assmann-Halle, a reception camp was set up for stranded motorists who had endured for hours in the cold.
Bus traffic in Weimar continued to rest.
The bus stops have not yet been released for passengers because they are too narrow or icy.
The main lines 1 and 7 should run again from Wednesday as soon as the stops have been cleared.
In addition, a line is to run between the main station - Goetheplatz - Klinikum.
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In the district of Greiz, localities could not be reached again by buses.
This concerned, for example, Caselwitz, Pansdorf, Hasental, Lunzig and Hain / Hainsberg in the district of Greiz.
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