River Flow Europe

Pegnitz river

The Pegnitz is a European river flowing through Germany. As of 2026-10-10, the Pegnitz was flowing at about 3.31 m³/s at the Hohenstadt gauge.

Canonical name
Pegnitz
Countries
Germany
Maximum upstream drainage area
1,187 km²
Mapped river length
45.5 km
Gauging stations
4
Latest measured discharge
3.31 m³/s (Hohenstadt, 2026-10-10)

Gauging stations on the Pegnitz

The following 4 gauging stations report discharge for the Pegnitz, ordered downstream (largest catchment first). Discharge is in cubic metres per second (m³/s).

StationCountryDischarge (m³/s)Historical ComparisonObservedMeasurementData qualityProviderLat, LonSource
HohenstadtGermany3.31Much below normal24% below the historic medianinstantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de49.526, 11.491source
LaufGermany6.06Normal12% below the historic medianinstantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de49.506, 11.273source
RöthenbachGermany0.186Much below normal33% below the historic medianinstantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de49.482, 11.239source
Nürnberg LedererstegGermany5.07Much below normal38% below the historic medianinstantaneousunvalidated operational valueDatenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de49.456, 11.053source

Data, sources & timestamps

Geometry is the HydroRIVERS network (HydroSHEDS): European reaches with at least 500 km² of upstream catchment, merged into chains between confluences. Flow direction comes from the network itself; river names are the canonical English label joined from provider metadata and Natural Earth, with local-language aliases retained.

Discharge is normalised observed streamflow from official national hydrology providers, measured where a gauge sits on the river and interpolated between gauges. Pale/estimated values are derived from drainage area × the local specific discharge of nearby gauges and are never presented as measurements.

Underlying dataset built . This page generated . Discharge values carry their own observation dates in the table above.

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