As of: May 20, 2024 8:11 p.m
Numerous people used the long Pentecost weekend for a short vacation. Many drove back on Whit Monday – this was noticeable on northern Germany’s motorways. The ADAC is also warning of traffic jams for Tuesday.
The A7 in the Heidekreis was clogged for hours on Monday: there was a traffic jam of twelve kilometers towards the south at times, and ten kilometers of vehicles in the opposite direction. According to the ADAC, there was also a ten-kilometer-long traffic jam between Peine and Lehrte on the A2 in the direction of Hanover in the afternoon. In the late afternoon, traffic was also stopped further north in the Garlstorf area in the Harburg district. On the A20, Rostock towards Lübeck, there was slow traffic between Lüdersdorf and Groß Sarau on Sunday. Patience was also required in places on the A1 in Schleswig-Holstein.
The return journey continues after Pentecost
There are likely to be more travelers on the return journey in the coming days. The ADAC had already warned in advance of massive traffic jams on Tuesday afternoon. It was said that the streets could get crowded until the evening hours. In Lower Saxony, Bremen and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania there is still no school on the Tuesday after Pentecost. Other federal states have longer Whitsun holidays, including Hamburg, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Saxony-Anhalt. In Schleswig-Holstein, however, students have to go back to school on Tuesday.
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The A7 and A1 around Hamburg are the most traffic jam-prone motorways
According to ADAC, the A7 north and south of the Elbe Tunnel in Hamburg is particularly prone to traffic jams. A noise protection tunnel around two kilometers long is being built in the Altona area. Drivers often only make slow progress on the A1 (Bremen-Lübeck): After Hamburg’s overloaded eastern bypass, there is a construction site towards the Baltic Sea near Bargteheide (Stormarn district). Due to bridge construction work, the motorway towards Lübeck is narrowing from three to two lanes, as Autobahn GmbH announced.
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A1 and A7: Several accidents on Sunday
On the A1, Osnabrück towards Bremen, drivers had to be patient on Whit Sunday: 13 kilometers of traffic jams due to cleaning work were reported in the afternoon. Between Bramsche and Holdorf, a truck had previously driven into the central barrier for an unknown reason. According to the police, the diesel tank tore open and the fuel spread across the road. The truck driver was able to steer the vehicle off the highway himself and was uninjured. There were also accidents on the A7 on Whitsunday.
Slow traffic on Saturday
In Hamburg, progress on the A7 was slow on Saturday. According to the ADAC, there was heavy traffic between the Hamburg-Südwest triangle and Othmarschen at midday with at least 45 minutes of time lost. Traffic at the Elbe Tunnel towards Flensburg was at a standstill until the afternoon. In Schleswig-Holstein, drivers had to be patient on the A1 towards the Baltic Sea on Saturday. Between Ahrensburg and the Bargteheide cross, progress was slow over a length of seven kilometers. You also had to accept longer waiting times to get to Denmark. There were few problems in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
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There were already traffic jams on motorways in the north on Friday
Last year, the Friday before Pentecost was one of the busiest days of the year, said an ADAC spokesman. There was a lot going on on the motorways this year too: for example, traffic was backed up on the A1 in the Bremen area after an accident. That was also the case on the A7 near Waltershof – a Heavy goods transporter got stuck under a bridge in the morning. There was also a traffic jam on the A2 between the Hannover-Ost and Lehrte-Ost junctions for around five kilometers.
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