Pegel Bischofswerder Up — Obere Havel-Wasserstrasse
The Obere Havel-Wasserstrasse at Bischofswerder Up was 130 cm at 04:45 CEST on 24 October 2026, up 1 cm in 24 hours. That is within the normal range.
Last 7 days
Lowest 125 cm · highest 135 cm · 672 readings
Other gauges on the Obere Havel-Wasserstrasse
Bischofswerder Op 464 cm Zehdenick Up 123 cm Zehdenick Op 445 cm Bredereiche Up 212 cm Bredereiche Op 485 cm Fürstenberg Up 114 cm Fürstenberg Op 188 cm Wesenberg Up 221 cm Wesenberg Op 217 cm VOßWINKEL OP 206 cm VOßWINKEL UP 133 cm
River km 4.2 · Standort Eberswalde · 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.