Quitzöbel Op gauge Untere Havel-Wasserstrasse · km 156.1

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: 0 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 0.4 km
• Slipway 3 km

Marinas (≤ 10 km)

• Marina: Yachthafen Havelberg 7.1 km
• Marina: Ruderriege Havelberg von 1909 e. V. 7.4 km
• Marina: ELCH Havelberg 7.9 km
• Marina: Marina Schiffswerft Kiebitzberg 8 km

Locks (≤ 10 km)

• Lock: Altarmwehr Quitzöbel 0.3 km
• Lock: Havel 0.3 km
• Lock: Schleuse Havelberg 6.4 km
• Lock: Gnevsdorfer Vorfluter 8.5 km

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

Long-distance cycle routes nearby

• [D10] Elberadweg rechtselbisch [Abschnitt G] 1.1 km
• Elberadweg Querung Werben–Havelberg 2.4 km
• [D10] Elberadweg linkselbisch [Abschnitt G] 2.8 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: 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 Havelberg Up km 146.9 198 cm ● normal
• ↑ upstream Havelberg Ep km 147.3 116 cm ▼ low
• ↓ downstream Quitzöbel Up km 156.2 276 cm ● normal
• ↓ downstream Neuwerben Ep km 156.2 147 cm ▼ low

Untere Havel-Wasserstrasse: gauges →

Records & flood chronicle

Highest on record (HHW)

710 cm · 19 Mar 1947

Lowest on record (NNW)

214 cm · 10 Dec 1969

Today vs. record

311 cm below HHW, 185 cm above NNW

Flood chronicle Germany & Norway →

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

• HAVEL GNEVSDORFER VORFLUTER VON WEHRGRUPPE QUITZOEBEL BIS MUENDUNG IN DIE ELBE DERW_DEST_HAVOW01-00
  Ecological potential: not assessed (2018--2019) · Chemical: failing to achieve good · heavily modified/artificial
• HAVEL4 DERW_DEBB58_4
  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