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The protests in the Dannenröder Forst in Hessen, Germany are still continuing, despite increasingly wintry weather. Protesters have apparently been throwing snowballs at the police, which shows how cold it is there now.
https://www.hessenschau.de/gesellschaft/a49-gegner-im-dannenroeder-forst-wenn-protest-lebensgefaehrlich-wird,klettereien-der-waldbesetzer-100.html
Protesters have been falling from height, partly as a consequence of police cutting ropes but also because of mishaps. Some have apparently climbed to heights of 40m in the trees.
Police used water cannon against various blocking efforts by protesters.
https://www.fr.de/politik/dannenroeder-forst-wald-live-a49-greenpeace-polizei-gewalt-protest-besetzung-90109410.html
Sorry it's all in German, but searching didn't bring up any English articles.
I don't know how significant this protest will eventually be, and the route of the motorway has already almost been cleared according to the reports, but it's going to continue for a while yet, as this is only the first section of the route.