Icy cold overtakes southern Germany

The coldest place in Europe's northern Lapland, where the temperature at night drops to around minus 40 degrees.

Not only in Bavaria dived temperatures below minus 20. In Baden-Württemberg which was easily achieved in several places. Leutkirch stopped until the thermometer at-24, the German meteorologists.

The next few days expect the meteorologists higher temperatures and back large quantities of snow. The past 24 hours fell into the high alpine much snow up to 35 centimeters extra. In the neighboring mountain ranges fell to the satisfaction of the numb skiers 15 centimeters.

According to German media, the state of the roads Saturday in southern Germany pretty reasonable. But that will change soon going to fall in the course of the day, snowy weather.