Berlin-Oberschleuse Op gauge Landwehrkanal · km 10.6

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 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: normal · 24 h trend: +1 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)

• Canoe put-in 0.6 km
• Canoe put-in 1.2 km
• Canoe put-in 1.3 km
• Canoe put-in 1.4 km
• Canoe put-in 1.5 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina 0.6 km
• Marina 0.9 km
• Marina 1.2 km
• Marina: Hafen Schiffskontor 2.4 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Landwehrkanal 0.1 km
• Lock: Spree 3.2 km
• Lock: Neuköllner Schifffahrtskanal 3.5 km
• Lock: Landwehrkanal 7.8 km

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

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• D-Netz Route 3 0.1 km
• Europaradweg R1 - Abschnitt Deutschland Teil 5 0.2 km
• EuroVelo 2 - Deutschland Teil 5 0.2 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: Berlin

No closed season today for listed species

Fishing rules Berlin →

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

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↑ upstream Berlin-Unterschleuse Op km 1.7 402 cm ● normal
• ↑ upstream Berlin-Oberschleuse Up km 10.5 403 cm ● normal

Landwehrkanal: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

496 cm · 9 Mar 1946

Lowest on record (NNW)

402 cm · 4 Jan 1947

Today vs. record

56 cm below HHW, 38 cm above NNW

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• STADTSPREE 1 DERW_DEBE_582_1
  Ecological potential: poor (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: after 2027
• KANAELE SUEDLICH DER SPREE DERW_DEBE_58296
  Ecological potential: bad (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: after 2027
• STADTSPREE 2 DERW_DEBE_582_2
  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