Cologne
A port of call on 205 of the river cruise sailings we watch. Below: the
water those ships travel when they call here, measured this morning, and one story from
it.
The water here
Lower Rhine (Emmerich–Cologne)
Free-flowing · Emmerich (Rhine-km 852) – Cologne (Rhine-km 688)
192 of the 205 sailings that call at Cologne
travel this stretch of river.
The gauge that governs this stretch of river is at Cologne.
Cologne
Rhine
76 cm
▼
falling 16 centimetres over 72 hours
falling 16 cm over 72 hours
low
on mean low/high water (MNW/MHW) ·
normal
on navigational reference levels (NSW/HSW)
— the publisher's own classification of its own reading.
63 cm below the 139 cm published low-water reference.
Published low-water reference for this stretch.
The waterway authority's own published figure for this stretch, not Waterlogged's arithmetic and not a requirement set by any cruise line.
3 hours ago · source: PEGELONLINE (WSV)
Every reading we hold on the Rhine today
Middle Rhine gorge (Bingen–Koblenz)
Free-flowing · Bingen (Rhine-km 528) – Koblenz (Rhine-km 592)
93 of the 205 sailings that call at Cologne
travel this stretch of river.
The gauge that governs this stretch of river is at Kaub.
Kaub
Rhine
31 cm
▼
falling 8 centimetres over 72 hours
falling 8 cm over 72 hours
low
on mean low/high water (MNW/MHW) ·
normal
on navigational reference levels (NSW/HSW)
— the publisher's own classification of its own reading.
62 cm below the 93 cm line a ship of this class needs.
Waterlogged's estimate of the level a ship of this class needs, using an assumed 1.60 m draught.
Derived from the published reference pair on file for this gauge.
3 hours ago · source: PEGELONLINE (WSV)
Every reading we hold on the Rhine today
Every reading here is a measurement somebody has already taken, never a forecast. The writing beside it is history and geography: it tells you nothing about today's water and nothing about whether a ship sails. Your cruise line decides what your ship does.
One story from this water
Barbarossa's chancellor brings the Magi to Cologne
Archbishop Rainald von Dassel brought the relics of the Magi from Milan to Cologne in 1164 after receiving them from Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Their arrival turned the Rhine city into a major pilgrimage destination. It later motivated the vast shrine and cathedral project.
1164 ·
koelner-dom.de
Every story here says where it was read. A link opens the publisher's own page; a title names a published work we read.
Sailings that call at Cologne
And 193 more. Find your own sailing to see the water on
the days you are on it.
Every port we watch
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