Grütz Op gauge Untere Havel-Wasserstrasse · km 116.8

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: +3 cm · Havel Gruetz Biwakplatz (Excellent, 1.8 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)

• Slipway: Wasserzugangsstelle (slipway) 2.7 km
• Slipway: Molkenberg 4.5 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina 1.4 km
• Marina 1.5 km
• Marina: Marina Molkenberg 4.4 km
• Marina: Gemeindeanleger Hohenauen 5.3 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Havel 0.2 km
• Lock: Hauptschleusenkanal 8 km
• Lock: Gülper Havel 8.3 km
• Lock: Stadtschleuse Rathenow 8.4 km

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

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 Rathenow Up km 103.9 91 cm ● normal
• ↑ upstream Albertsheim km 109.8 88 cm ● normal
• ↓ downstream Grütz Up km 117.2 48 cm ● normal
• ↓ downstream Warnau Polder km 127.5 172 cm ○ no thresholds

Untere Havel-Wasserstrasse: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

305 cm · 23 Jan 1920

Lowest on record (NNW)

76 cm · 10 Aug 1921

Today vs. record

150 cm below HHW, 79 cm above NNW

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• SWGRABEN PAREY471 DERW_DEBB58792_471
  Ecological potential: poor (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: after 2027
• HAVEL4 DERW_DEBB58_4
  Ecological potential: poor (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
  Good status expected: after 2027
• GRUETZER VORFLUTER NEUSCHOLLENER GRABEN DERW_DEST_HAVOW20-00
  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