Lehnitz Up gauge Havel-Oder-Wasserstrasse · km 28.4

Activity outlook

• 🚢 Shippingsuitable

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

  • ✓ 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: normal · 24 h trend: +1 cm · Water temperature: 10.7 °C · Lehnitzsee Oranienburg (Excellent, 1.8 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 1.8 km
• Canoe put-in 2.6 km
• Slipway 3.1 km
• Slipway 3.2 km
• Canoe put-in 3.5 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Yachthafen Ücker 1.8 km
• Marina: WSC Lehnitz e.V. 2.5 km
• Marina 2.5 km
• Marina: Schlosshafen 3.1 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Oder-Havel-Kanal 0.2 km
• Lock: Schleuse Friedenthal 3.1 km
• Lock: Ruppiner Kanal 5.1 km
• Lock: Oranienburger Kanal 6.3 km

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

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• [D11] Ostsee-Oberbayern 03 [Brandenburg Mitte] 0.3 km
• EuroVelo 7 - Sonnen-Route - Teil Deutschland 0.3 km
• Radfernweg Berlin-Kopenhagen Brandenburg 0.3 km
• [D11] Ostsee-Oberbayern 02 [Brandenburg Nord] 2.4 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: Brandenburg

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Lachs

Fishing rules Brandenburg →

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

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↑ upstream Berlin-Spandau Op km 0.8 341 cm ● normal
• ↑ upstream Borgsdorf km 20.3 242 cm ● normal
• ↓ downstream Lehnitz Op km 28.7 839 cm ● normal
• ↓ downstream Niederfinow Shw Op km 77.4 835 cm ● normal

Havel-Oder-Wasserstrasse: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

308 cm

Lowest on record (NNW)

188 cm

Today vs. record

65 cm below HHW, 55 cm above NNW

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• HAVEL19 DERW_DEBB58_19
  Ecological potential: poor (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