Kilch

Kilch is the local name for various fish species of the Coregonus genus , which are found mainly in the foothills of the Alps in Switzerland and Bavaria . They are also known as Kröpfling , Kirchfisch , Kilchen or Kropffelchen .

These are:

• Gravenche ( Coregonus hiemalis ), Lake Geneva
• Bodensee-Kilch ( Coregonus gutturosus , synonym: Coregonus acronius ), Lake Constance
• Chiemsee-Kilch ( Coregonus sp. ), Chiemsee
• Ammersee-Kilch ( Coregonus bavaricus ), Ammersee
• Small deer ( Coregonus pidschian ), also known as the European kilch

In German-speaking Switzerland, Kilch was also used in the sense of church :

• Kilchherr , official title (Kirchherr)

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.