Little Kyll
# Little Kyll

The Little Kyll German: Kleine Kyll, pronounced: "kill") is a 23.9-kilometre-long (14.9 mi) orographically right-hand tributary of the Lieser.

## Geography

### Course

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

The tributaries of the Little Kyll include the following (in a downstream direction):

| 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 cycleway Kosmosradweg [de] 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.

