The Little KyllK. Baedeker (1870), The Rhine and Northern Germany: Handbook for Travellers, Coblenz: Baedeker, p. 116Charles B. MacDonald, United States Army in WWII - Europe - The Siegfried Line Campaign, p. xxx , pronounced: "kill") is a orographically right-hand tributary of the Lieser.

Geography

Course The Little Kyll rises 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 (in a downstream direction):

Name GKZ Length (km) Direction Conflueneafter km Location Enzenbach 2678412 2.6 right 21.3 Neroth Kreuzbach 26784132 0.8 right 20.5 Dehmbach 1.0 right 19.7 Bach vom Birkenberg (Winkelbach) 2678414 1.5 left 18.2 Oberstadtfeld Risselbach 1.3 left 16.6 Niederstadtfeld Kälberbach 2678416 3.9 right 16.2 Niederstadtfeld Kerlbach 1.0 left 15.2 Niederstadtfeld Walmerbach 267842 7.2 right 11.9 Schutz Speicherbach 267844 3.5 right 10.0 Meerbach 267846 4.2 right 6.3 Meerfeld Ellbach 26784712 2.0 right 4.7 Dombach 1.0 left 2.6 Manderscheid Horngraben 2678472 2.5 right 1.9 Fischbach 267848 6.1 right 0.8

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 WolfsschluchtWolfsschlucht und Kleine Kyll as well as a waterfall.

See also List of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate

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