It seems that across the country flock to the water at the end of this week, as temperatures rose on Saturday and rose further on Sunday, especially in the south-west.
The German Weather Service (DWD) of mercury in Saarbrücken, and Burbach Kreuzbach rose to 38.9 degrees, beating the 2003 record of 0.40 degrees.
"Most people wonder if the heat will continue," said DAP meteorologists. Although it will remain warm, and said: "Sunday was the tip of the iceberg, so to speak."
The dead man (49 years), near the old city of Cologne for sunbathing, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was discovered when he realized others did not move for a long time.
The heat made the other in the nearby lake grumpy when a mass brawl broke out leaving four people injured, three of them seriously. The diaspora Anzeiger newspaper Kölner police were called to the lake Freilinger to disperse a group of mostly men, who began hurling insults at each other, and ended up throwing beer cans on Sunday.
