Little Kyll

Little Kyll
Waterfall near the Wolfsschlucht gorge
Location Vulkaneifel, Bernkastel-Wittlich; Rhineland-Palatinate; Germany
Reference no. DE: 26784
Length 23.879 km [1]
Source On the heights of the Neroth woods in the county of Vulkaneifel
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
Source height ca. 584 m above sea level (NHN)
Mouth Discharges south of Manderscheid into the Lieser
50°03′48″N 6°48′51″E / 50.06322°N 6.814206°E / 50.06322; 6.814206
Mouth height ca. 246 m above sea level (NHN)
Descent ca. 338 m
Basin Rhine
Progression Lieser Moselle Rhine North Sea
Catchment 83.545 km² [1]
Right tributaries See table
Left tributaries See table
Villages Neroth, Oberstadtfeld, Niederstadtfeld, Schutz
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]

Name GKZ Length (km) Direction Confluene
after 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 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

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