Speicher, Germany

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Speicher

Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm
Municipal assoc.	Speicher
Mayor	Erhard Hirschberg
Basic statistics
Area	15.37 km² (5.9 sq mi)
Elevation	330 m (1083 ft)
Population	3,365 (30/04/2007)
- Density	219 /km² (567 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	BIT
Postal code	54662
Area code	06562
Website	www.vg-speicher.de Coordinates: 49°56′14″N 6°38′17″E / 49.93722, 6.63806

1 Overview
2 Roads & Railroads
3 Businesses
4 Government
5 PLEWA
6 External links

[edit] Overview

Speicher is a municipality in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Eifel, on the river Kyll, approx. 10 km south-east of Bitburg and 29 km north of Trier. It has 3300 inhabitants and lies next to the Spangdahlem Air Base which is home of the 52d Fighter Wing. A small monument to the men who lost their lives in World War One and World War Two situated in the west end of the town. Situated east of there is an open area for shopping and other events. Direclty to the South is the church, pictured above.

[edit] Roads & Railroads

Roads

There is a direct link from Speicher to Beilingen, Preist, Dudeldorf, Herforst, and Trier. Most of the roads in Speicher are Paved

Railroads

Station

Platform

The Rail station allows you to travel from Speicher strait to Trier and Cologne. the Station was placed in between the outskirts of Speicher and Röhl.

[edit] Businesses

There are many small businesses in Speicher. Some noted restaurants include the Ital. Eis Cafe, which serves Italian Ice Cream, and the City Grill, Which has Kebbabs (Otherwise Known as Gyros)and Pizza. There is a SPAR market, adn a couple other small grocery stores.

[edit] Government

Speicher is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Speicher.

[edit] 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 2000 years.