Little Kyll


The Little Kyll Kleine Kyll, pronounced: "kill") is a 23.9-kilometre-long orographically right-hand tributary of the Lieser.

Geography

Course

The Little Kyll rises two kilometres northeast of Neroth on the heights of the Neroth woods in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It flows in a southerly direction through the municipalities of Neroth, Oberstadtfeld, Niederstadtfeld and Schutz and empties into the Lieser south of Manderscheid, Bernkastel-Wittlich.

Tributaries

The tributaries of the Little Kyll include the following :
NameGKZLength DirectionConfluene
after km		Location
Enzenbach26784122.6right21.3Neroth
Kreuzbach267841320.8right20.5
Dehmbach1.0right19.7
Bach vom Birkenberg 26784141.5left18.2Oberstadtfeld
Risselbach1.3left16.6Niederstadtfeld
Kälberbach26784163.9right16.2Niederstadtfeld
Kerlbach1.0left15.2Niederstadtfeld
Walmerbach2678427.2right11.9Schutz
Speicherbach2678443.5right10.0
Meerbach2678464.2right6.3Meerfeld
Ellbach267847122.0right4.7
Dombach1.0left2.6Manderscheid
Horngraben26784722.5right1.9
Fischbach2678486.1right0.8

Recreation

In the area between Oberstadtfeld and Bleckhausener Mühle/Meerfeld the cycleway runs parallel to the Kleine Kyll.
At the confluence with the Horngraben, south of Manderscheid is the gorge of Wolfsschlucht as well as a waterfall.