Speicher is a town in the county of

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, in

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. It is situated in the

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, on the river

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, approximately 10 km south-east of

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and 29 km north of

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. It has 3,624 inhabitants (Dec. 2020) and is next to the

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which is home of the

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. There is a small monument to the men who died in the

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and Second World Wars at the western end of the town. East of the monument is an open area for shopping and other events. Directly to the south is the parish church of St. Philip and St. James.

Transport

Roads

There is a direct link from Speicher to Beilingen,

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Dudeldorf Dudeldorf is a village municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located about 10 km (6 miles) east of Bitburg, 42 km (26 miles) north of Trier, and 32 km (20 miles) east of the Luxembourg ...

, Herforst, and

. Most of the roads in Speicher are paved.

Railways

Speicher station is on the

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which runs between

and

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. The station is located between the outskirts of Speicher and

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Cycleways

There are numerous cycleways in and around Speicher. Many originated as

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routes. There is one route that runs all the way to

Business

There are many small businesses in Speicher. Restaurants include the ''Ital. Eis Cafe'', which serves Italian ice cream, and ''City Grill'', which has kebabs (otherwise known as

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) and a pizzeria. There is an ''Aldi'' supermarket, a ''Rewe'' supermarket and a couple of other small grocery stores. There is also a tattoo shop, and photo shop.

Administration

Speicher is the seat of the ''

Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhineland- ...

'' ("collective municipality") Speicher.

PLEWA

PLEWA is a pottery factory in the eastern area of Speicher. It specializes in gray and blue pottery that has been made in this area for nearly 2,000 years.

Born in Speicher

* Joscha Remus (born 1958), writer

References

External links

Verbandsgemeinde Speicher
PLEWA {{Authority control Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Bitburg-Prüm