Little Kyll
Little Kyll | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Districts | |
Reference no. | DE: 26784 |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | On the heights of the Neroth woods in the county of Vulkaneifel |
• coordinates | 50°12′37″N 6°45′36″E / 50.210182°N 6.75988°E |
• elevation | ca. 584 m above sea level (NHN) |
Mouth | |
• location | Discharges south of Manderscheid into the Lieser |
• coordinates | 50°03′48″N 6°48′51″E / 50.06322°N 6.814206°E |
• elevation | ca. 246 m above sea level (NHN) |
Length | 23.879 km (14.838 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 83.545 km2 (32.257 sq mi) [1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Lieser→ Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea |
Landmarks | Villages: Neroth, Oberstadtfeld, Niederstadtfeld, Schutz |
Tributaries | |
• left | See table |
• right | See table |
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 (14.9 mi) orographically right-hand tributary of the Lieser.
Geography
[edit]Course
[edit]The Little Kyll rises 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) 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
[edit]The tributaries of the Little Kyll include the following (in a downstream direction):[1]
Name | GKZ | Length (km) | Direction | Confluene after km |
Location |
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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
[edit]In the area between Oberstadtfeld and Bleckhausener Mühle/Meerfeld the 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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Geoexplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Authority (Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
- ^ K. Baedeker (1870), The Rhine and Northern Germany: Handbook for Travellers, Coblenz: Baedeker, p. 116
- ^ Charles B. MacDonald, United States Army in WWII - Europe - The Siegfried Line Campaign, p. xxx
- ^ Wolfsschlucht und Kleine Kyll Archived 2013-10-10 at archive.today