The boys, thought to be brothers, were on holiday at the Eiserbachsee in Simmerath, near Aachen
German police say they are investigating the death of two British boys who drowned in a lake in western Germany on Thursday evening.
The boys, aged seven and nine, were pulled from the Eiserbachsee near Aachen after their parents reported them missing. Doctors fought overnight to save their lives but they were pronounced dead in hospital in the early hours of Friday morning.