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Pegel Letzter Heller — Werra

The Werra at Letzter Heller was 145 cm at 05:30 CEST on 24 October 2026, up 6 cm in 24 hours. That is below the gauge's mean low water. Flow: 9 m³/s.

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145 cm
Water level, 24 Oct 05:30
9
Flow, m³/s
Low — below mean low water
Against the gauge's usual range

Last 7 days

3621 cm100 cm

Lowest 100 cm · highest 3,621 cm · 662 readings

Other gauges on the Werra

Allendorf 59 cm Heldra 159 cm

River km 2.3 · Hann-Münden · 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.