Pegel Rathenow Up — Untere Havel-Wasserstrasse
The Untere Havel-Wasserstrasse at Rathenow Up was 90 cm at 05:00 CET on 25 October 2026, down 2 cm in 24 hours. That is within the normal range.
Last 7 days
Lowest 78 cm · highest 94 cm · 672 readings
Other gauges on the Untere Havel-Wasserstrasse
Ketzin 94 cm Brandenburg Op 221 cm Brandenburg Up 77 cm Plaue Op 73 cm Plaue Up 151 cm Tieckow 194 cm Bahnitz Op 194 cm Bahnitz Up 109 cm Rathenow Op 247 cm Albertsheim 87 cm Grütz Op 155 cm Grütz Up 51 cm Warnau Polder 175 cm Gülpe Op 207 cm Garz Op 215 cm Garz Up 143 cm Trübengraben Polder 204 cm Havelberg Stadt 202 cm Havelberg Up 202 cm Havelberg Ep 118 cm Quitzöbel Op 405 cm Quitzöbel Up 277 cm Neuwerben Ep 149 cm Gnevsdorf Op 320 cm Gnevsdorf Ep 100 cm
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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.