Fürstenberg Up gauge Obere Havel-Wasserstrasse · km 60.7

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: -1 cm · Roeblinsee Fuerstenberg (Excellent, 1.1 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 0.2 km
• Canoe put-in: Kanu-Fischpass Fürstenberg 0.5 km
• Canoe put-in 0.5 km
• Canoe put-in 0.5 km
• Canoe put-in 1.2 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Zur Alten Bornmühle 0.3 km
• Marina: Haus an der Havel 0.5 km
• Marina: Fürstenberger Yachtclub 0.7 km
• Marina: Bootswerft Palm 0.9 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Havel 0.1 km
• Lock: Steinhavel 2.9 km
• Lock 5.6 km
• Lock: Havel 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

• [D11] Ostsee-Oberbayern 02 [Brandenburg Nord] 0.2 km
• EuroVelo 7 - Sonnen-Route - Teil Deutschland 0.2 km
• Radfernweg Berlin-Kopenhagen Brandenburg 1.2 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: Brandenburg

Closed season today: Bachforelle, Lachs

Fishing rules Brandenburg →

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

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↑ upstream Bredereiche Up km 47.6 211 cm ● normal
• ↑ upstream Bredereiche Op km 48 485 cm ▼ low
• ↓ downstream Fürstenberg Op km 60.8 188 cm ● normal
• ↓ downstream Wesenberg Up km 81.7 221 cm ▼ low

Obere Havel-Wasserstrasse: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

180 cm · 24 Jan 1938

Lowest on record (NNW)

78 cm · 18 Oct 1989

Today vs. record

66 cm below HHW, 36 cm above NNW

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• HAVEL2060 DERW_DEBB58_2060
  Ecological potential: moderate (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