Bonaforth gauge Fulda · km 3.6

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

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 0.1 km
• Slipway 0.4 km
• Canoe put-in 1.4 km
• Canoe put-in 1.9 km
• Canoe put-in: Slipanlage Yachtclub Hann Münden 2 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Marina MYC Wilhelmshausen 8.2 km
• Marina: Marina Niestetal 9.9 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Fulda 0.2 km
• Lock: Fulda 1.8 km
• Lock: Werra 2.2 km
• Lock: Fulda 3.3 km

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

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• [D9] Weser-Romantische Straße Teil 4 0.5 km
• Radweg Deutsche Einheit - Abschnitt 3: Kassel - Goslar 0.5 km
• Fietsen naar Praag 1.6 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: Hessen

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Aal, Lachs

Fishing rules Hessen →

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

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↓ downstream Guntershausen km 44 104 cm ▼ low
• ↓ downstream Grebenau km 55.5 131 cm ● normal

Fulda: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

716 cm

Lowest on record (NNW)

196 cm · 15 Sept 1991

Today vs. record

508 cm below HHW, 12 cm above NNW

Documented floods on this river (HANZE)

• 7 Jan 2011: river, 5 deaths, 134 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 14 Jul 1956: river, 471 m € losses (2020 prices)

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• FULDAWAHNHAUSEN DERW_DEHE_42-1
  Ecological potential: bad (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