Vilshofen gauge Danube · km 2,249.5

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 recommended

  • ✓ 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: +1 cm · Water temperature: 14 °C

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 0.3 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Bootsportverein - Vilshofen 0.3 km
• Marina: MBC - Motor-Boot-Club Hofkirchen 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 0.9 km
• D-Route 6 - Donauroute [Regensburg - Passau] 0.9 km
• EuroVelo 6 - Atlantik-Schwarzes Meer - Teil Deutschland - Bayern 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 Passau Steinbachbrücke Dfh km 2,230.3 – ○ no thresholds
• ↑ upstream Kachlet Wehr Up km 2,230.7 55 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Hofkirchen km 2,256.9 171 cm ▼ low
• ↓ downstream Deggendorf km 2,284.4 162 cm ▼ low

Danube: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

808 cm · 31 Mar 1845

Lowest on record (NNW)

287 cm · 3 Jun 2020

Today vs. record

521 cm below HHW, 0 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 EINMUENDUNG ISAR BIS EINMUENDUNG VILS DERW_DEBY_1_F477
  Ecological status: moderate (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good
  Good status expected: after 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