Little Kyll

Little Kyll
Waterfall near the Wolfsschlucht gorge
Location Vulkaneifel, Bernkastel-Wittlich; Rhineland-Palatinate; Germany
Reference no. DE: 26784
Physical characteristics
Main source On the heights of the Neroth woods in the county of Vulkaneifel
ca. 584 m above sea level (NHN)
50°12′37″N 6°45′36″E / 50.210182°N 6.75988°E / 50.210182; 6.75988Coordinates: 50°12′37″N 6°45′36″E / 50.210182°N 6.75988°E / 50.210182; 6.75988
River mouth Discharges south of Manderscheid into the Lieser
ca. 246 m above sea level (NHN)
50°03′48″N 6°48′51″E / 50.06322°N 6.814206°E / 50.06322; 6.814206
Length 23.879 km [1]
Basin features
Progression Lieser→ Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea
Basin size 83.545 km² [1]
Landmarks Villages: Neroth, Oberstadtfeld, Niederstadtfeld, Schutz
Tributaries
Valley of the Kleine Kyll south of its confluence with the Meerbach

The Little Kyll[2][3] German: Kleine Kyll, pronounced: "kill") is a 23.9-kilometre-long orographically right-hand tributary of the Lieser.

Geography

Course

The Little Kyll rises two kilometre 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): [1]

NameGKZLength (km)DirectionConfluene
after km		Location
Enzenbach 26784122.6 right21.3 Neroth
Kreuzbach 267841320.8 right20.5
Dehmbach 1.0 right19.7
Bach vom Birkenberg (Winkelbach) 26784141.5 left18.2 Oberstadtfeld
Risselbach 1.3 left16.6 Niederstadtfeld
Kälberbach 26784163.9 right16.2 Niederstadtfeld
Kerlbach 1.0 left15.2 Niederstadtfeld
Walmerbach 2678427.2 right11.9 Schutz
Speicherbach 2678443.5 right10.0
Meerbach 2678464.2 right6.3 Meerfeld
Ellbach 267847122.0 right4.7
Dombach 1.0 left2.6 Manderscheid
Horngraben 26784722.5 right1.9
Fischbach 2678486.1 right0.8

Recreation

In the area between Oberstadtfeld and Bleckhausener Mühle/Meerfeld the Kosmos Cycleway (Kosmosradweg) runs parallel to the Kleine Kyll.

At the confluence with the Horngraben, south of Manderscheid is the gorge of Wolfsschlucht[4] as well as a waterfall.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Geoexplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Authority (Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
  2. ↑ K. Baedeker (1870), The Rhine and Northern Germany: Handbook for Travellers, Coblenz: Baedeker, p. 116
  3. ↑ Charles B. MacDonald, United States Army in WWII - Europe - The Siegfried Line Campaign, p. xxx
  4. ↑ Wolfsschlucht und Kleine Kyll Archived 2013-10-10 at Archive.is
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