Hetlingen gauge Elbe · km 650.5

Activity outlook

• 🚢 Shippingnot enough data

  • ✓ no flood (below HSW)
  • ✓ not below mean low water (MNW)
  • ✓ level not high (below MHW)
• 🛶 Paddlingnot enough data

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

  • ✓ 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: no thresholds · 24 h trend: -163 cm · Water temperature: 11.8 °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 2 km
• Slipway 3.1 km
• Slipway 3.3 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Wassersportverein Hetlingen e.V. 1.3 km
• Marina: Wassersport-Club Haseldorf 2.9 km
• Marina: Altländer Yachtzentrum 3 km
• Marina: Segler-Verein Stade 5 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Schwinge 4.9 km
• Lock: Burggraben 7 km

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

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• Nordseeküstenroute (Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein) 1.2 km
• EuroVelo 12 - Nordseeküsten-Radweg - Abschnitt Deutschland 1.2 km
• [D10] Elberadweg rechtselbisch [Abschnitt B] 1.2 km
• Nordseeküstenroute (Niedersachsen Bremerhaven-Hamburg) 1.7 km
• [D10] Elberadweg linkselbisch [Abschnitt B] 1.8 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: Schleswig-Holstein

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Lachs, Meerforelle

Fishing rules Schleswig-Holstein →

State derived from the gauge location; on border waters check both states. Checked 2026-10-23

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↑ upstream D1 Hanskalbsand Oberfläche km 643 – ○ no thresholds
• ↑ upstream Lühort km 645.5 332 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Twielenfleth Siel km 650.7 – ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Stadersand km 654.9 341 cm ○ no thresholds

Elbe: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

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)
• 17 Mar 1988: river, 2 deaths

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• ELBEWEST DERW_DESH_EL_03
  Ecological potential: moderate (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: after 2027
• SCHOEPFWERKSKANAL HOLLERNSTEINKIRCHENER MOORAGATHENBURGER MOORWETTERN DERW_DENI_29039
  Ecological potential: moderate (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  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