Erlau gauge Danube · km 2,214.5

Activity outlook

• 🚢 Shippingrestricted

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✗ not below mean low water (MNW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
• 🛶 Paddlingtake care

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ✗ not below mean low water (MNW)
  • ✓ change over 24 h ≤ 20 cm
• 🎣 Fishingsuitable

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ✓ change over 24 h ≤ 30 cm
• 🏊 Swimmingnot enough data

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
  • ? water temperature ≥ 15 °C
  • ? water temperature ≥ 18 °C
  • ✓ EU bathing site ≤ 5 km rated excellent/good
  • ✗ not a federal waterway with shipping

• Status: low · 24 h trend: 0 cm · Naturfreibad Thyrnau Badesteg Suedufer (Excellent, 4.8 km)

Calculated by fixed rules from official data. For orientation only – not a safety guarantee. Always check official warnings and conditions on site. See the rules

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Paddling: access points & locks

Put-ins and slipways (≤ 5 km)

• Slipway 1.5 km
• Slipway: Slipanlage 2.8 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Bootshafen für mittelgroße Boote Obernzell 2.7 km
• Marina: Kleinboothafen - Yachthafen Obernzell 2.8 km
• Marina: Bootshafen Kasten 5.4 km
• Marina: L1 6.5 km

Straight-line distance from the gauge. Entries from OpenStreetMap, not officially verified; check lock hours with the WSV.

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• Donauradweg - Abschnitt Deutschland 4 0.3 km
• EuroVelo 6 - Atlantik-Schwarzes Meer - Teil Deutschland - Bayern 0.3 km
• Donauweg (Oberösterreich) 0.9 km
• EuroVelo 7 - Sonnen-Route - Teil Österreich 0.9 km
• EuroVelo 6 - part Austria - leg 1 south 0.9 km

EuroVelo, German D-network and other long-distance routes passing within 3 km of the gauge (straight-line distance to the nearest route point). Check the route and its condition locally.

Fishing: Bayern

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Aal, Lachs

Fishing rules Bayern →

State derived from the gauge location; on border waters check both states. Checked 2026-10-18

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↑ upstream Mauthausen km 2,111 430 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↑ upstream Wilhering km 2,144.1 236 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Achleiten km 2,223.1 240 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Passau Ilzstadt km 2,225.2 407 cm ▼ low

Danube: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

1,186 cm · 3 Jun 2013

Lowest on record (NNW)

730 cm · 5 Dec 1967

Today vs. record

451 cm below HHW, 5 cm above NNW

Documented floods on this river (HANZE)

• 28 May 2013: river, 14 deaths, 9.2 bn € losses (2020 prices)
• 28 Mar 2006: river, 3 deaths, 149 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 11 Aug 2002: river, 27 deaths, 12.9 bn € losses (2020 prices)
• 5 Aug 2000: river, 2 deaths, 8 m € losses (2020 prices)

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• DONAU VON PASSAU BIS STAATSGRENZE DERW_DEBY_1_F633
  Ecological potential: moderate (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: after 2027
• NO INTERNATIONAL NAME ATOK303070000
  Ecological potential: moderate (2016--2021) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: by 2027

Official assessment of the water body at this gauge from the 2022 river basin management plans (WFD target: at least “good”). It rates the whole water body, not today’s water quality.

Location

Sources & licences

• Water level/Discharge/Water temperature: PEGELONLINE (WSV), DL-DE Zero 2.0
• Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap