Rischmühle Op gauge Saale · km 115.3

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
• 🏊 Swimmingtake care

  • ✓ 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 · Water temperature: 16.5 °C · Wallendorfer See (Excellent, 4.3 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 0.6 km
• Slipway 1.1 km
• Slipway 1.2 km
• Slipway 3.4 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Wassersportfreunde Merseburg e.V. 0.1 km
• Marina: Sportbootgemeinschaft Saale-Elster e.V. 0.2 km
• Marina 1.2 km
• Marina: Marina Merseburger Rudergesellschaft 3 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock 0 km
• Lock: Mittelkanal 1 km
• Lock 1.1 km
• Lock: Schleuse Bad Dürrenberg 7.3 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 07 [Sachsen-Anhalt Süd] 0.3 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: Sachsen-Anhalt

Rules for this state not yet verified.

Fishing rules Sachsen-Anhalt →

State derived from the gauge location; on border waters check both states. Checked 2026-10-23

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↑ upstream Röpzig km 101.9 35 cm ● normal
• ↑ upstream Rischmühle Up km 115.2 198 cm ● normal

Saale: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

424 cm · 15 Apr 1994

Lowest on record (NNW)

202 cm · 25 Jul 1893

Today vs. record

162 cm below HHW, 60 cm above NNW

Documented floods on this river (HANZE)

• 28 May 2013: river, 14 deaths, 9.2 bn € losses (2020 prices)
• 1 Jan 2003: river, 6 deaths, 106 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 13 Apr 1994: river, 2 deaths, 209 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 17 Mar 1988: river, 2 deaths

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• SAALE VON UH MDG UNSTRUT BIS OH MDG WEISSE ELSTER DERW_DEST_SAL05OW01-00
  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