Rehlingen Up gauge Saar · km 53.9

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• Status: out of date · 24 h trend: +3 cm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 0.1 km
• Slipway: Natorampe 2.2 km
• Slipway 2.7 km
• Slipway 3.3 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Sportboothafen Dillingen 2.6 km
• Marina: Yachthafen Merzig 9 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Bootsschleuse Rehlingen 0.3 km
• Lock: Schiffsschleuse Rehlingen 0.4 km

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

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• VeloRoute SaarLorLux 0.8 km
• EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - Abschnitt Deutschland 1 0.8 km
• Saar-Mosel-Main [Saarbrücken - Trier] 0.8 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: Saarland

Rules for this state not yet verified.

Fishing rules Saarland →

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

Gauges up- and downstream

• ↑ upstream Mettlach Op km 31.5 204 cm ○ no thresholds
• ↑ upstream Fremersdorf km 48.5 204 cm ● normal
• ↓ downstream Rehlingen Op km 54.2 195 cm ◌ out of date
• ↓ downstream Lisdorf Up km 65.9 204 cm ○ no thresholds

Saar: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

920 cm · 18 May 2024

Today vs. record

716 cm below HHW

Documented floods on this river (HANZE)

• 27 Feb 1997: flash flood, 1 deaths
• 22 Jan 1995: river, 3 deaths, 375 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 20 Dec 1993: river, 5 deaths, 891 m € losses (2020 prices)
• 6 Feb 1984: river, 3 deaths, 200 m € losses (2020 prices)

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• I DERW_DESL101
  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