Kalkofen Neu gauge Lahn · km 106.4

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: -8 cm · Herthasee (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: Bootseinlassstelle vom Lahntal Imbiss 1.7 km
• Slipway 2.6 km
• Canoe put-in 3.5 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Laurenburger Bootsclub 1.9 km
• Marina: Sportboothafen Hollerich 4.2 km
• Marina: Sportboothafen in Balduinstein an der Lahn 6.1 km
• Marina: Kanuverleih Nassau 6.7 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Lahn 0.6 km
• Lock: Lahn 3.6 km
• Lock: Schleuse Hollerich 4.3 km
• Lock: Schleuse Cramberg 5.4 km

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

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• Radweg Deutsche Einheit - Etappe 2 0.1 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: Rheinland-Pfalz

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Lachs

Fishing rules Rheinland-Pfalz →

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

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↑ upstream Scheidt Schleuse Up km 96.8 258 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↑ upstream Kalkofen Schleuse Op km 105.6 698 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Hollerich Schleuse Op km 113 661 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Hollerich Schleuse Up km 113.1 131 cm ○ no thresholds

Lahn: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

900 cm · 10 Feb 1946

Lowest on record (NNW)

98 cm · 1 Oct 1997

Today vs. record

727 cm below HHW, 75 cm above NNW

Documented floods on this river (HANZE)

• 10 Apr 1983: river, 122 m € losses (2020 prices)

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• UNTERE LAHN DERW_DERP_2580000000_2
  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