Heidelberg Up gauge Neckar · km 26.1

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: +2 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)

• Slipway 0.2 km
• Canoe put-in 1.9 km
• Slipway 1.9 km
• Slipway 4.3 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Motor-Yacht-Club Heidelberg 2 km
• Marina: Motor-Boot-Club Heidelberg 2.1 km
• Marina: Hafen Schlierbach 2.6 km
• Marina: Wassersportverein Heidelberg-West 1926 2.7 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Neckar 0.1 km
• Lock: Neckar 0.1 km
• Lock: Neckar 4.3 km
• Lock: Neckarkanal 6.8 km

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

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• Paneuropa-Radweg - Abschnitt Deutschland 1 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: Baden-Württemberg

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Aal, Lachs

Fishing rules Baden-Württemberg →

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

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↑ upstream Schwabenheim Schleuse Up km 17.6 210 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↑ upstream Wieblingen Wehr Up Neu km 22.4 560 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Ziegelhausen Ams km 29.4 227 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Neckargemünd Schleuse Up km 30.8 211 cm ○ no thresholds

Neckar: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

661 cm · 22 Dec 1993

Today vs. record

451 cm below HHW

Documented floods on this river (HANZE)

• 3 Jan 2015: flash flood, 2 deaths
• 7 Jan 2011: river, 5 deaths, 134 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 22 Jan 1995: river, 3 deaths, 375 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 20 Dec 1993: river, 5 deaths, 891 m € losses (2020 prices)

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• NECKAR BW AB KOCHER TBG 49 DERW_DEBW_4-05
  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