Pegel Glückstadt — Elbe
The Elbe at Glückstadt was 492 cm at 05:39 CEST on 24 October 2026, up 7 cm in 24 hours.
Last 7 days
Lowest 330 cm · highest 668 cm · 10074 readings
Other gauges on the Elbe
Schöna 75 cm Pirna 100 cm Dresden 66 cm Meissen 118 cm Riesa 124 cm Mühlberg 145 cm Torgau 49 cm Pretzsch-Mauken 15 cm Elster 18 cm Wittenberg 67 cm Coswig 98 cm Vockerode 65 cm Rosslau 39 cm Dessau 59 cm Aken 42 cm Barby 29 cm Schönebeck 66 cm Magdeburg-Buckau 86 cm Magdeburg-Strombrücke 47 cm Rothensee 66 cm Niegripp Ap 178 cm Rogätz -1 cm Tangermünde 106 cm Storkau 157 cm Sandau 149 cm Scharleuk 104 cm Wittenberge 90 cm Müggendorf 103 cm Schnackenburg 92 cm Lenzen 74 cm Gorleben 66 cm Dömitz 20 cm Damnatz 120 cm Hitzacker 78 cm Neu Darchau 75 cm Bleckede 497 cm Boizenburg 59 cm Hohnstorf 420 cm Artlenburg 416 cm Geesthacht 413 cm Wehr Geesthacht Up 630 cm Altengamme 638 cm Zollenspieker 619 cm Over 611 cm Bunthaus 588 cm Hamburg-Harburg 565 cm Schöpfstelle 575 cm Hamburg St. Pauli 559 cm Seemannshöft 554 cm Cranz 543 cm Blankenese Uf 540 cm Schulau 538 cm Lühort 526 cm Hetlingen 523 cm Stadersand 519 cm Pinnau-Sperrwerk Ap 512 cm Grauerort Reede 510 cm Krückau-Sperrwerk Ap 506 cm Kollmar 506 cm Krautsand Reede 495 cm Stör-Sperrwerk Ap 497 cm Brokdorf 482 cm Brunsbüttel Mpm 463 cm Osteriff Mpm 455 cm Otterndorf Mpm 449 cm Cuxhaven Steubenhöft 440 cm
River km 674.0 · Standort Hamburg · 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.