The Kranenbach is an orographically right-hand tributary of the Schwalm in the Lower Rhine county of Viersen.

Its source is in the vicinity of Vennbachhof near Ungerath (in the municipality of Schwalmtal) at a height of around 60 m above NN.

The stream has a length of just under 9.5 kilometres and empties into the Schwalm by the mill of Borner Mühle at a height of about 40 m above NN..

Its care and maintenance is the responsibility of the Schwalmverband, which has its head office in Brüggen.

[2] There are a number of former water mills on the Kranenbach: