Speicher () is a town in the county of

Bitburg-Prüm The Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm () is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) Luxembourg, Belgium and the districts of Euskirchen, Vulkaneifel, Bernkastel-Wittlich and Trier-Saarburg. History ...

, in

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. It is situated in the

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, on the river

Kyll The Kyll (), noted by the Roman poet Ausonius as ''Celbis'', is a river in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate), left tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Eifel mountains, near the border with Belgium and flows ...

, approximately 10 km south-east of

Bitburg Bitburg (; ; ) is a city in Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate approximately 25 km (16 mi.) northwest of Trier and 50 km (31 mi.) northeast of Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg city. The American Spangdahlem Air Base i ...

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

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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, Preist, Dudeldorf, Herforst, and

. Most of the roads in Speicher are paved.

Railways

Speicher station is on the

Eifel Railway The Eifel (; , ) is a low mountain range in western Germany, eastern Belgium and northern Luxembourg. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Com ...

which runs between

and

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

. The station is located between the outskirts of Speicher and

Röhl Röhl is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Bettina Röhl (born 1962), German journalist * Christoph Röhl (born 1967), British-German filmmaker * Danny Röhl (born 1989), German footballer * Elisabeth Röhl (18 ...

Cycleways

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

Nordic Walking Nordic walking is a Finland, Finnish-origin total-body version of walking that can be done both by non-athletes as a health-promoting physical activity and by athletes as a sport. The activity is performed with specially designed walking poles sim ...

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

Amenities

There are many small businesses in Speicher, including restaurants and a pizzeria. There are supermarkets and a couple of other small grocery stores, and also a tattoo shop and a photo shop. 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.

Administration

Speicher is the seat of the ''

Verbandsgemeinde A (; plural ) is a low-level administrative division, administrative unit in the Germany, German States of Germany, federal states of Brandenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A is typically composed of a small group of Municipalitie ...

'' ("collective municipality") Speicher.

People

Joscha Remus Joscha Remus is a German author. Remus comes from a bukovinish-Moselle Franconian family. He studied biology, German and philosophy in Trier and Berlin. After traveling abroad and then working on a medical journal, he trained in Berlin, Rome an ...

(born 1958), writer

References

External links

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