Verbandsgemeinde Speicher

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Area :	60.07 km 2
Residents:	8542 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	142 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Association key :	07 2 32 5007
Association structure:	9 municipalities
Association administration address ; :	Bahnhofstrasse 36 ; 54662 Speicher
Website :	www.vg-speicher.de
Mayor :	Manfred Rodens ( CDU )
Location of the Verbandsgemeinde Speicher in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

The Verbandsgemeinde Speicher is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality includes the city of Speicher and eight independent local communities , the administrative seat is in the eponymous city of Speicher.

Association members communities

Local parish, city	Area (km²)	Residents
Auw on the Kyll	0.98	119
Beilingen	4.31	397
Herforst	3.75	1,211
Hosting	2.88	180
Orenhofen	12.04	1,315
Philippsheim	0.89	94
Praises	6.42	701
Spangdahlem	13.44	967
Speicher , city	15.36	3,558
Verbandsgemeinde Speicher	60.08	8,542

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

Population development

The development of the population in today's area of the Verbandsgemeinde Speicher; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1815	3,730
1835	5,399
1871	5,941
1905	6,041
1939	6,413
1950	6,973

year	Residents
1961	7,455
1970	7,908
1987	7,044
1997	7,827
2005	7,958
2019	8,542

In addition to the 8,542 German residents, there are around 6,000 non-reportable Americans (stationed at the US Air Base Spangdahlem ) in the community.

politics

Association municipal council

The Verbandsgemeinderat Speicher consists of 24 voluntary council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the full-time mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FDP	UBL	total
2019	8th	10	3	3	24 seats
2014	8th	11	2	3	24 seats
2009	7th	11	2	4th	24 seats
2004	6th	13	1	4th	24 seats

UBL = Independent Citizens List e. V.

mayor

Manfred Rodens (CDU) has been the mayor of the Speicher association since July 25, 2014. In the direct election on May 25, 2014, he was elected for eight years with 59.9% of the votes. Rodens is the successor to Rudolf Becker.

economy

The collective municipality of Speicher is characterized by small and medium-sized businesses. The largest employer and at the same time the most important economic factor is the US Air Base Spangdahlem with around 800 German employees.

literature

Hans Hermann Reck (arrangement): Bitburg-Prüm district. Verbandsgemeinden Kyllburg and Speicher (= cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 9.1 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1991, ISBN 3-88462-081-9 .

Web links

Verbandsgemeinde Speicher

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data

^ The regional returning officer RLP: Association council election 2019 Speicher. Retrieved August 11, 2019 .
↑ Mandy Radics: Rodens wins big. Trierischer Volksfreund, May 25, 2014, accessed on December 15, 2019 .
^ Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm: Verbandsgemeinde Speicher: Change of mayor. August 7, 2014, accessed December 15, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).

[2] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data