During the last days, extensive rainfall over central Europe caused river stages to rise. Right now, the runoff has propagated to the larger rivers and streams.
On Sunday, foremost the headwaters were affected, e.g., Western-Saxonian Rödelbach near the town Kirchberg (mind the debris line, indicating the highest water level):
Yesterday evening, I took some pictures at the Elbe in Dresden (WL below 7 m):
Right now, I am traveling to Koblenz (ICWRER 2013) with some worries that gauge Dresden/Elbe could rise above 9 m. I just passed the Rivers Saale and Unstrut near Naumburg and that is what I saw:
And now, River Rhine at Koblenz:
Andy Philipp's Hydrology Blog 