The Kuttenbach is a 5.3 kilometre-long,

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left-hand

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of the

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, in the municipality of

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Geography

The Kuttenbach rises north of Krekel at a height of in the

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of the ''Sistiger Heide'', which is also called Krekel Heath (‘’Krekeler Heide’’). From here on the stream flows constantly northeastwards and, after a short distance, reaches the village of

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. Its valley then separates the villages of Gillenberg on the right and Steinfelderheistert on the left. Soon is slopes become wooded and, on the right, is the nature reserve of ''Laubwald am Kuttenbach'' below the village of Steinfeld with

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on the upper step of the hillside. The stream finally empties from the left into the

between the villages of

and Sötenich at river kilometre 22.3.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuttenbach Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia Rivers of the Eifel Euskirchen (district) Rivers of Germany