Ottenheim gauge Rhine · km 270.6

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: 0 cm · Nonnenweier Baggersee Anglerheim (Excellent, 4.8 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)

• Canoe put-in: Einsetzstelle Mühlbach 1.5 km
• Slipway 1.8 km
• Canoe put-in 1.9 km
• Slipway: Boot & Kfz-Service Rainer Pilich 2 km
• Slipway 4.4 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Wassersportfreunde Lahr 1.8 km
• Marina: YCLR - Yachtclub Lahr 2.2 km
• Marina: Club Nautique Base du Rhinau 9.2 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock 1.7 km
• Lock 1.7 km
• Lock: Écluse No 1.8 km

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

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 Breisach km 227.6 182 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↑ upstream Rust km 254.2 77 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↓ downstream Kehl-Kronenhof km 292.2 190 cm ● normal
• ↓ downstream Iffezheim km 336.2 68 cm ▼ low

Rhine: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Documented floods on this river (HANZE)

• 1 Jan 2003: river, 6 deaths, 106 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)
• 26 Mar 1988: river, 6 deaths, 43 m € losses (2020 prices)

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• SCHLINGENLOESUNG RHEIN BREISACH BIS STAUSTUFE STRASBOURG DERW_DEBW_3-OR2
  Ecological potential: poor (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: after 2027
• RHIN 2 FRCR2
  Ecological potential: moderate (2015--2017) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: by 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.

Analysis

• Rhine low water 2026: Kaub gauge below the 2018 record

Location

Sources & licences

• Water level/Discharge/Water temperature: PEGELONLINE (WSV), DL-DE Zero 2.0
• Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap