title: Little Kyll
text: # 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.
  
  