Heat wave in Prenzlau: Tips for refreshing days in the city park!

Heat wave in Prenzlau: Tips for refreshing days in the city park!

The weather forecasts for the coming days have little pleasant: Germany is facing a heat wave that will affect Uckermark and the region around Prenzlau. Temperatures above 34 degrees Celsius can be expected here. Mayor Hendrik Sommer (non -party) is calm and wants to calm the citizens: calm inside. In a conversation, he said that the Situation in Prenzlau will be bearable thanks to numerous options for cooling. The spacious city park, the hedgehog tray in the new development area and the drinking fountain distributed across the city offer contact points to defy the heat. Particularly noteworthy are the drinking fountain, which were installed in several places such as the Marktberg and the Heiliggeistkapelle as part of the “Water in the city” project to supply the population with fresh water. The bathing area on Lake Unteruckersee also attracts numerous visitors in warm weather and has longer opening times on hot days.

"Heat waves are nothing new", says Sommer, who relativizes the current media reporting and compares it with the hot days of earlier GDR times. He would like to make it clear that there are still ways to make these days sensible and, above all, secure. The advice seekers should also take into account that the heat protection measures proposed by the Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach last year are of great importance, especially for risk groups. These include older people, pregnant women and people with previous illnesses that are particularly at risk during the heat period.

tips for cooling

What can you do to survive the rising temperatures? In addition to the obvious advice of taking a lot of fluids and visiting shady places, there are other useful tips. Experts recommend wearing headgear to protect themselves from the blazing sun. Performance sports outdoors should be avoided as far as possible, and it is best to ventilate the apartments in the morning and then keep the windows closed and darkened. These measures can make a decisive contribution to keeping the apartment pleasantly cool.

urban initiatives

The city of Prenzlau is not only with its efforts against the heat. Throughout Germany, offers for heat protection measures have increased in cities in order to deal with the effects of extreme weather events. The increasing number of drinking wells in pedestrian zones and parks is a direct reaction to the fatal effects of heat waves. According to the Robert Koch Institute, an estimated 3,200 people in Germany died of the consequences of heat stress.

In other cities such as Cologne, you are already actively informed and advised by telephone how best to take care of yourself in the coming hot days. Innovative approaches, such as the provision of cool locations and the establishment of new drinking fountains, ensure that the basic supply is not questioned even with a longer -lasting heat wave.

For the citizens: Inside in Prenzlau it is therefore important to use the advantages of the city and pay attention to themselves. With a cool head through the heat wave - it becomes a challenge that can be mastered together.