The law stipulates that the public road construction departments are responsible for the winter service in Germany, according to which the snow will have to be removed from all public roads, roadways, pathways and squares, while important traffic areas and danger spots will have to be gritted. The relevant local authorities are in charge of these duties, while specific laws are concerned with individual types of roads and differentiate between them: the Federal Long-Distance Road Act applies to the federal superhighways and highways, the roadway and pathway laws of the individual federal states apply to the state roads and additional regulations and bylaws apply to the community roads. The overall objective of all these regulations and of the relevant winter service is to ensure that the traffic is sufficiently safe in snowy and icy conditions. This means that a good trafficability of the roads and a possibly slightly reduced traffic frequency must be ensured. The actual requirements will vary and depend on the type and significance of the road as well as on the traffic frequency. Previous talks have already focused on the special aspects concerning the country roads and the winter service outside the municipalities, so that this talk will specifically deal with the winter service in larger cities.