Pegel Runkel Schleuse UP — Lahn
The Lahn at Runkel Schleuse UP was 74 cm at 04:45 CEST on 24 October 2026, down 5 cm in 24 hours.
Last 7 days
Lowest 54 cm · highest 89 cm · 672 readings
Other gauges on the Lahn
Marburg 145 cm Giessen Klärwerk 227 cm Niederbiel Schleuse Kanal OP 424 cm Leun neu 135 cm Fürfurt Schleuse UP 107 cm Limburg Schleuse UP 55 cm Diez Schleuse OP 547 cm Diez Schleuse UP 214 cm Diez Hafen 94 cm Cramberg Schleuse OP 705 cm Cramberg Schleuse UP 239 cm Scheidt Schleuse OP 637 cm Scheidt Schleuse UP 257 cm Kalkofen Schleuse OP 694 cm Kalkofen neu 175 cm Hollerich Schleuse OP 662 cm Hollerich Schleuse UP 137 cm Nassau Schleuse OP 576 cm Nassau Schleuse UP 204 cm Dausenau Schleuse OP 601 cm Dausenau Schleuse UP 248 cm Bad Ems Wehr OP 404 cm Bad Ems Schleuse UP 156 cm Lahnstein Schleuse OP 666 cm Lahnstein Schleuse UP 20 cm
River km 65.3 · Standort Koblenz · 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.