Pegel Awk Strohbrück — Nord-Ostsee-Kanal
The Nord-Ostsee-Kanal at Awk Strohbrück was 646 cm at 04:52 CEST on 24 October 2026, unchanged in 24 hours.
Last 7 days
Lowest 646 cm · highest 647 cm · 10078 readings
Other gauges on the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal
Nok Brunsbüttel 486 cm Nok Dükerswisch 480 cm Nok Breiholz 488 cm Nok Rendsburg 477 cm Nok Königsförde 480 cm Nok Kiel Binnen 476 cm Nok Kiel Aussen 527 cm
River km 0.9 · Standort Kiel · map ↗
Reading a gauge
- The number is not the depth. It is measured from a fixed gauge zero, so the shipping channel holds more water than the reading suggests.
- Low means below the gauge's mean low water (MNW); high means above its mean high water (MHW). Flood warnings come from each German state's flood centre.
- On the Rhine, barges load by the Kaub gauge in the Middle Rhine gorge; as it falls they carry less and freight costs rise.
- Swimming in the Rhine is dangerous at any level: strong currents and ship wash pull swimmers under.
What this page shows, and what it misses
Gauges on Germany's federal waterways, as published by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration every 15 minutes. These are raw readings ("Rohdaten") that can still be corrected. Small rivers run by the German states are not in this network — for those and for flood warnings, use your state's Hochwasserzentrale.
Data: Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSV), PEGELONLINE, licence DL-DE→Zero-2.0.