Speicher () is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, in Switzerland.
History
thumb|left|View from the Vögelinsegg
thumb|Aerial view from 200 m by [[Walter Mittelholzer (1923)]]
Speicher is first mentioned in 1309 as Spicher. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.5%), with Spanish being second most common ( 1.3%) and Albanian being third ( 0.9%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.
In the 2007 federal election the FDP received 72.2% of the vote.
Sports
- Tennis Hall
- Indoor swimming pool with gym
- Sports facilities with artificial turf skate park and outdoor handball field
- Beach volleyball
- Various sports clubs: FC-Speicher, TV-Speicher, Uni hockey, tennis club
- Cross-country ski in the winter
- Vita-Parcours
Transport
Speicher is linked to the city of St. Gallen and Appenzell by the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway, a narrow-gauge road-side railway line. The line operates two trains per hour throughout the day, with four trains per hour during peak periods. Services are operated by Appenzell Railways for S-Bahn St. Gallen. There are four stations within the municipality, , , and . The journey from Speicher to takes 28 minutes and all the way to Appenzell 67 minutes.