notamermaid

Sorry to read about the problems with your river cruise. Hope you had a relatively pleasant flight home. The Main is really high, higher than it had been when you were there. The tributaries are flooding and filling the large river. The last four weeks at Würzburg: notamermaid

The infamous Pfelling gauge with the low in summer, well, that is of course high as well and much more than double what we had in low water: 700cm. River traffic ban at 620cm. notamermaid

Maxau gauge is of course still high, but should be okay for river traffic till the rest of the year. Koblenz gauge is at its plateau and should be okay. Cologne now looks to stay below the threshold, not going over 810cm. Duisburg, which is already the Lower Rhine, should stay okay and well clear of a threshold for a river traffic ban. notamermaid

Oh that is good, yes saw that pin on the map in faint writing. I see the Orvar is with the big ships right now. She is a tugboat that indeed belongs to Viking and lends a helping hand pulling landing stages along the river. Not restricted to Viking work that needs doing. Spotted her in a couple of places over the last two years. notamermaid

Alternatively to my earlier suggestion you may want to use this: https://www.deutsche-leuchtfeuer.de/binnen/rhein/hochrhein.html notamermaid

For putting Niehl in context I have copied the distance bar at the bottom left: Google maps says it takes a good hour to walk from the dock to Cologne Cathedral. I have checked the forecast and it says the level at Cologne is now 802cm. The 830cm is less likely than was forecast a few hours ago, but the risk is still there. More likely is 810 to 820cm as the peak. notamermaid

Levels at Kaub and Koblenz really high, but Kaub looks to be staying okay. At Koblenz the risk of a river cruise ban is now low. The level should peak around 630cm, not getting to the threshold of 650cm. Fingers crossed. Level now is 621cm. Newspaper says that there is a risk of a river traffic ban at Cologne. notamermaid

Yes. If you want to go for the fine details, here is a pdf file. Note that this is big: http://www.kapitanskepatenty.cekuj.net/RHEINATLAS.PDF There are others out there I am sure. Quiet some time ago I read about something one can purchase as well. notamermaid

That is Niehl, I had posted a bit about the port. So the river bank in Cologne is not accessible right now. That is understandable, the river is very high in Cologne, the photo of Emmerich says it all. Thank you for posting that. Niehl right now: notamermaid

Advent, Advent, ein Lichtlein brennt, erst eins, dann zwei, dann drei, dann vier. Dann steht das Christkind vor der Tür. Frohe Weihnachten. Merry Christmas to you all. notamermaid

Yes, the middle of Germany has been hit hard, stretching into Lower Saxony and then towards the coast, i.e. the rivers draining the mountain ranges as well as the rain that fell in the coastal regions. The Danube has to take a lot of water but this time as you say the Main is getting a lot of work too. That volume of water contributes to the high levels we will see this time in the Middle Rhine valley, a couple of weeks ago the Main did not feed the Rhine with such high volumes. notamermaid

River traffic is flowing again already at Maxau, confirmed: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe/hochwasser-rhein-schifffahrt-karlsruhe-100.html The level will remain high and not fall below flood mark I (that is adjusted sailing speed and extra vigilance) for the rest of the year. Other sections of the Rhine are okay for sailing but are all high (already exceeding flood mark I, about to or getting close). There is a risk for a river traffic ban indicated in the Koblenz gauge. notamermaid

Advent, Advent, ein Lichtlein brennt, erst eins dann zwei, dann drei, dann vier. 🕯️ 🕯️🕯️ 🕯️ The special night has fallen over Germany. I have had a busy day and evening with fun and laughter with family over dinner. Before it is time for me to sleep let me tell you what happened to me yesterday. Another busy day of shopping and trying to get things done. On my way home I passed a church and I was in thought so did not see the woman approaching me. She stopped right in front of me and almost startled me when she asked me with a smile if I would like a five euro note. She gave me a rose and said note with a message attached that read that the family was giving ten random people unknown to them a five euro note for some happiness and sheer. I was so stunned I could only say yes and smile back. She said "Frohe Weihnachten" and drove off in her small van. I walked home rather perplexed. It was a day of strange happenings anyway and just before I met the woman, a lady in an esoteric gem stone shop said to me "the universe does not do things at random". We celebrate the birth of a special boy, a new life. With us this year there was a new little boy in the wider family. But closer to home and house new life has also come. My neighbour who sadly lost her two cats last year called me over in November to her flat: "come, come have a look, my new cat". There it was all black, tiny and full of curious energy for exploring life. Yesterday, on this weird day, for the first time she was out in the yard, doing what only black cats can do in the dark, that is frightening the humans, and chasing the leaves. I walked into my house with a smile and happiness I have not felt in a long time. Light for my soul. Hope you feel good on this fourth Sunday and whatever you are do, you are enjoying life and your heart feels light. notamermaid

Just to digress a little. Question about the Audi slogan. @Canal archive. Vorsprung durch Technik. You would need to put it in a translation program. I do not think there ever was a translation for marketing purposes. I would say it means freely "being ahead due to excellent technical performance". It is so iconic that it has a German Wikipedia page: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorsprung_durch_Technik It has been around since 1971 and has made its way into the Anglophone everyday language sphere in the British Isles. Now that is what I call success. They tried to replace it once. Back to villages. I have several times driven through Pett Bottom in Kent. Benign fun. It is quite unbelievable in how many spots in England the world ends. I think there are about seven The Worlds End, from housing estate to village pub. Speaking of pub. "The World's End" is the name of the last visited pub in that British film. Not giving anything further away about the plot... notamermaid

I do not think there is for marketing purposes. notamermaid

Levels are rising everywhere, problematic are some smaller rivers in the hills. But also the Moselle is rising. River traffic ban confirmed: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/hochwasser-rhein-lahn-sieg-pegel-steigende-wasserstaende-100.html Train travel is still a bit disrupted after the storm, but better. Elevated levels in the Netherlands. In other parts of Germany the situation is dramatic in a few places: You can see the Danube having to take on more water than the Upper Rhine. The Regen (the river to and in Regensburg) is very high. River traffic ban is anticipated not to last long at Maxau, should be over by tomorrow evening. notamermaid

Yes, that is what it sounded like on British television. Sooo good, definitely in my top five of marketing successes, I mean from a personal positive perspective. Correct spelling is just minimally different and only supplied for info, Canal archive. 🙂Vorsprung durch Technik. Viking advertising as with all companies I suppose much relies on the ships sailing in beautiful river spots in videos and photos of ships docked in great locations. That is all correct of course, it is perhaps interesting to pay attention to photos of a river where there are no ships docked. Or city photos completely without river cruise ships. Perhaps the best example is Nuremberg. notamermaid

It is Iffezheim to Germersheim. notamermaid

Maxau gauge is now at 752cm. notamermaid

Levels on the Austrian Danube are rising fast. According to the info system for river traffic there are now traffic suspensions and closures of locks. https://www.doris.bmk.gv.at/en/fairway-information/fairway-condition notamermaid

It looks like the forecast has been adjusted for the better since I looked, so Dresden is under 500cm. The elevated levels are showing on the map now: notamermaid

Maxau gauge at 742cm. Suspension of river traffic expected, likely around 11pm: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe/hochwasser-rhein-schifffahrt-karlsruhe-100.html notamermaid

Not good. The map: notamermaid

Maxau gauge at 731cm. Expected to rise to about 750cm tonight. notamermaid

A rarity these days. Can you recall what places on the Rhine were mentioned? Few sections see proper ice in modern times. notamermaid