Dömitz Up gauge Müritz-Elde-Wasserstrasse · km 0.9

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 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: low · 24 h trend: +1 cm · Water temperature: 10.5 °C

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

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Hafen Dömitz 0.2 km
• Marina: Wasserwanderzentrum Dömitz 0.2 km
• Marina: Wasserwanderrastplatz Finds hier 5 km
• Marina: Hafen Damnatz 5.4 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Müritz-Elde-Wasserstraße 0 km
• Lock: Steinschleuse 0.9 km
• Lock: Müritz-Elde-Wasserstraße 3.9 km
• Lock: Müritz-Elde-Wasserstraße 4.7 km

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

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• [D10] Elberadweg rechtselbisch [Abschnitt F] 0.2 km
• EuroVelo 13 - Eiserner-Vorhang-Route - Teil 6 0.3 km
• [D10] Elberadweg linkselbisch [Abschnitt F] 1.9 km
• EuroVelo 13 - Eiserner-Vorhang-Route - Teil 5 3 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: Niedersachsen

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Lachs

Fishing rules Niedersachsen →

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

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↓ downstream Dömitz Op km 1 133 cm ● normal
• ↓ downstream Neu Kalliss Op km 5 116 cm ○ no thresholds

Müritz-Elde-Wasserstrasse: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

645 cm · 21 Aug 2002

Lowest on record (NNW)

3 cm · 21 Aug 2003

Today vs. record

650 cm below HHW; 8 cm below the previous record low (NNW)

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• FLOSSGRABEN DERW_DEMV_EMEL-0500
  Ecological potential: poor (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: after 2027
• MUERITZELDEWASSERSTRASSE DERW_DEMV_EMES-2100
  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