Mainflingen gauge Main · km 76.4

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: +2 cm · Water temperature: 12.8 °C · Badesee Mainflingen (Excellent, 1.2 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 1.3 km
• Slipway 2.2 km
• Slipway 3.8 km
• Slipway 4.1 km
• Canoe put-in: Stockstadt 4.5 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Segelclub Kleinostheim 3.1 km
• Marina: Marina Karlstein 4.1 km
• Marina: Wasserskiclub Mainaschaff e.V. 5.7 km
• Marina: Marina Lässig 6.3 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock 1.3 km
• Lock 1.5 km
• Lock 8.8 km
• Lock 8.8 km

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

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• Saar-Mosel-Main [Mainz - Miltenberg] 0.4 km
• EV4 Germany, Frankfurt - Wurzburg 0.4 km
• Deutscher Limes-Radweg 3. Abschnitt Hungen - Miltenberg 0.7 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

• ↑ upstream Auheim Brücke Dfh km 59.6 – ○ no thresholds
• ↑ upstream Krotzenburg km 63.2 98 cm ▼ low
• ↓ downstream Kleinostheim_wuk km 77.8 – ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Obernau km 92.4 92 cm ▼ low

Main: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

644 cm · 30 Jan 1995

Lowest on record (NNW)

61 cm · 21 Jun 2000

Today vs. record

567 cm below HHW, 16 cm above NNW

Documented floods on this river (HANZE)

• 7 Jan 2011: river, 5 deaths, 134 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 1 Jan 2003: river, 6 deaths, 106 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 28 Oct 1998: river, 2 deaths, 181 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 22 Jan 1995: river, 3 deaths, 375 m € losses (2020 prices)

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• MAIN VON DER STAUSTUFE WALLSTADT BIS LANDESGRENZE HEBY BEI KAHL FKM 1014 666 DERW_DEBY_2_F146
  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