Pegel Rothenburg Op — Saale
The Saale at Rothenburg Op was 328 cm at 04:45 CEST on 24 October 2026, unchanged in 24 hours. That is within the normal range.
Last 7 days
Lowest 325 cm · highest 331 cm · 672 readings
Other gauges on the Saale
Gross Rosenburg 111 cm Calbe Grizehne 180 cm Calbe Up 319 cm Calbe Op 349 cm NIENBURG (Saale) 134 cm Bernburg Up 101 cm Bernburg Op 480 cm Alsleben Up 97 cm Alsleben Op 214 cm Rothenburg Up 311 cm Wettin Up 320 cm Wettin Op 354 cm Trotha Up 150 cm Trotha Op 228 cm Röpzig 33 cm Rischmühle Up 197 cm Rischmühle Op 260 cm
River km 58.8 · Standort Magdeburg · 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.