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.

There is a direct link from Speicher to Beilingen, Preist, Dudeldorf, Herforst, and Trier.

Speicher station is on the Eifel Railway which runs between Trier and Cologne.

It specializes in gray and blue pottery that has been made in this area for nearly 2,000 years.