Overview
- In Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein, a 12-year-old who could not swim was pulled from a lake by a passerby and treated in hospital for hypothermia.
- The girl’s dog could not be saved in the Mölln incident, according to police in Ratzeburg.
- At Lake Constance’s Hegner Bucht, a person fell through thin ice into roughly 90 centimeters of water and a helper also broke through during the rescue.
- Passersby and a foot patrol from the Reichenau water police removed both from the near‑freezing water, and the pair were hospitalized for hypothermia.
- In Bremen, firefighters retrieved an undercooled dog from a partially frozen lake and transported the animal to a veterinary clinic.