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Speicher | |
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 Parish Church of St. Philippus and St. Jakobus | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Speicher within Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district  | |
  Speicher  Speicher | |
| Coordinates: 49°56′14″N 6°38′17″E / 49.93722°N 6.63806°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm |
| Municipal assoc. | Speicher |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Erhard Hirschberg[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.37 km2 (5.93 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,836 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 54662 |
| Dialling codes | 06562 |
| Vehicle registration | BIT, PRÜ |
| Website | www.vg-speicher.de |
Speicher is a town in the county of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Eifel, on the river Kyll, approximately 10 km south-east of Bitburg and 29 km north of Trier. It has 3,624 inhabitants (Dec. 2020) and is next to the Spangdahlem Air Base which is home of the 52d Fighter Wing. There is a small monument to the men who died in the First 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.
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.