diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 5794844..4e3daa8 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: NRWgauges
 Title: Web-scraping gauge (meta-)data from various providers in NRW, Germany
-Version: 0.3.4
+Version: 0.3.5
 Date: 2024-12-27
 Authors@R: 
     person("Dimitri", "Falk", , "falk.dimitri@eglv.de", role = c("aut", "cre"))
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 55b9e7d..8826a92 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 export(get_eglv_gauges)
 export(get_eglv_measurements)
 export(get_eglv_meta)
+export(get_rv_meta)
diff --git a/R/get_rv_meta.R b/R/get_rv_meta.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b71025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/get_rv_meta.R
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+#' Get (extended) metadata for selected RV gauges
+#'
+#' @param x Sf object containing gauges to be used for subsequent queries,
+#'     as provided by `get_rv_gauges()`.
+#'
+#' @return Tibble containing metadata.
+#' @export
+#'
+#' @seealso [get_rv_gauges()]
+#'
+#' @examples
+#' \dontrun{
+#' gauge <- get_rv_gauges() |> dplyr::filter(station_nr == "2762715000100")
+#' get_rv_meta(gauge)
+#'
+#' gauges <- get_rv_gauges() |> dplyr::filter(parameter_name == "Wasserstand")
+#' get_rv_meta(gauges)
+#' }
+get_rv_meta <- function(x = NULL) {
+
+  # debugging ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  # x <- get_rv_gauges() |> dplyr::filter(station_nr == "2762715000100")
+
+  # x <- get_rv_gauges() |> dplyr::filter(parameter_name == "Wasserstand")
+
+  # check arguments ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  checkmate::assert_tibble(x)
+
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  # init object to be returned
+  meta <- data.frame("id" = NA,
+                     "name" = NA,
+                     "operator" = NA,
+                     "waterbody" = NA,
+                     "municipality" = NA,
+                     "X" = NA,
+                     "Y" = NA,
+                     "river_km" = NA,
+                     "catchment_area" = NA,
+                     "level_zero" = NA)
+
+  base_url <- "https://www.talsperrenleitzentrale-ruhr.de/online-daten/gewaesserpegel/"
+
+  # iterate over individual stations, initialize progress bar
+  ids <- x[["station_nr"]] |> unique()
+
+  n <- length(ids)
+
+  pb <- progress::progress_bar$new(format = "(:spin) [:bar] :percent || Iteration: :current/:total || Elapsed time: :elapsedfull",
+                                   total = n,
+                                   complete = "#",
+                                   incomplete = "-",
+                                   current = ">",
+                                   clear = FALSE,
+                                   width = 100)
+
+  for (i in 1:n) {
+
+    url <- paste0(base_url, ids[i], "/")
+
+    # query definition
+    query <- list("tx_onlinedata_gauges%5baction%5d" = "show",
+                  "tx_onlinedata_gauges%5bcontroller%5d" = "Gauges")
+
+    # send request
+    r_raw <- httr::GET(url, query = query)
+
+    # TODO: dimfalk/NRWgauges#28
+    if(r_raw[["status_code"]] == 404) {
+
+      paste0("Gauge ID ", ids[i], " did not return any results. Skipping.") |> warning()
+
+      pb$tick()
+
+      next()
+    }
+
+    # parse response: html to text
+    a <- rvest::read_html(r_raw) |>
+      rvest::html_elements("div") |>
+      rvest::html_elements(".col-lg-5") |> # class
+      rvest::html_text() |>
+      stringr::str_remove_all("\\n") |>
+      stringr::str_split(pattern = "\\t") |>
+      unlist() |>
+      stringi::stri_remove_empty() |>
+      utils::tail(-1)
+
+    # TODO: dimfalk/NRWgauges#29
+    if(stringr::str_detect(a[1], pattern = "Zum Pegelbetreiber")) {
+
+      paste0("Gauge ID ", ids[i], " seems to be operated by LANUV NRW. Skipping for now.") |> warning()
+
+      pb$tick()
+
+      next()
+    }
+
+    len <- length(a)
+
+    keys <- a[seq(1, len, by = 2)]
+
+    vals <- a[seq(2, len, by = 2)]
+
+    coords <- vals[8] |>
+      stringr::str_remove("Lat ") |>
+      stringr::str_split("Long ") |>
+      unlist() |>
+      as.numeric()
+
+    meta["id"] <- vals[1]
+    meta["name"] <- vals[2]
+    meta["operator"] <- vals[3]
+    meta["waterbody"] <- vals[5]
+    meta["municipality"] <- NA
+    meta["X"] <- coords[2]
+    meta["Y"] <- coords[1]
+    meta["river_km"] <- NA
+    meta["catchment_area"] <- vals[7] |>
+      stringr::str_split_i(" ", i = 1) |>
+      stringr::str_replace(pattern = ",", replacement = ".") |>
+      as.numeric()
+    meta["level_zero"] <- vals[6] |> as.numeric()
+
+    # concatenate objects
+    if (!exists("meta_all")) {
+
+      meta_all <- tibble::as_tibble(meta)
+
+    } else {
+
+      meta_all <- rbind(meta_all, meta)
+    }
+
+    Sys.sleep(0.5)
+
+    pb$tick()
+  }
+
+  meta_all
+}
diff --git a/man/get_rv_meta.Rd b/man/get_rv_meta.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13883e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/get_rv_meta.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/get_rv_meta.R
+\name{get_rv_meta}
+\alias{get_rv_meta}
+\title{Get (extended) metadata for selected RV gauges}
+\usage{
+get_rv_meta(x = NULL)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{x}{Sf object containing gauges to be used for subsequent queries,
+as provided by \code{get_rv_gauges()}.}
+}
+\value{
+Tibble containing metadata.
+}
+\description{
+Get (extended) metadata for selected RV gauges
+}
+\examples{
+\dontrun{
+gauge <- get_rv_gauges() |> dplyr::filter(station_nr == "2762715000100")
+get_rv_meta(gauge)
+
+gauges <- get_rv_gauges() |> dplyr::filter(parameter_name == "Wasserstand")
+get_rv_meta(gauges)
+}
+}
+\seealso{
+\code{\link[=get_rv_gauges]{get_rv_gauges()}}
+}