Pegel Hofkirchen — Donau
The Danube at Hofkirchen was 171 cm at 04:45 CEST on 24 October 2026, up 8 cm in 24 hours. That is below the gauge's mean low water. Flow: 243 m³/s.
Last 7 days
Lowest 159 cm · highest 172 cm · 672 readings
Other gauges on the Donau
Thebnerstrassl 90 cm Wildungsmauer 112 cm Korneuburg 191 cm Dürnstein 286 cm Kienstock 132 cm Grein 706 cm Mauthausen 431 cm Wilhering 241 cm Erlau 731 cm Achleiten 237 cm Passau Ilzstadt 403 cm Passau Donau 383 cm Kachlet Schleuse Up 55 cm Kachlet Wehr Up 53 cm Vilshofen 290 cm Deggendorf 162 cm Pfelling 241 cm Pfatter 306 cm Schwabelweis 283 cm Regensburg Eiserne Brücke 190 cm Oberndorf 155 cm Kelheimwinzer 258 cm Kelheim Donau 203 cm Ingolstadt Luitpoldstrasse 134 cm
River km 2,256.9 · Standort Regensburg · 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.