Spaichingen

Spaichingen (; Swabian: Spoachenga) is a town in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 11 kilometers northwest of Tuttlingen, and 13 km southeast of Rottweil. It is 660 meters above sea level. Population: 13,187 (2020).

==Geography== Spaichingen is a small town located in the south of Germany at the Swabian Jura, which is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg. The straight-line distance between Spaichingen and Stuttgart is 85 kilometres and between Spaichingen and Constance, which is a city at the Lake Constance, the straight-line distance is 56 kilometres. Many communities border on the area of Spaichingen: Hausen ob Verena, Gunningen, Trossingen, Aldingen, Denkingen, Böttingen, Balgheim and Rietheim-Weilheim. A large part of the area of Spaichingen is nature, since 733 hectares, which is almost 40% of the whole area, are forests. Moreover, there is a park in the city, which is called "Ententeich". The river Prim, which is a tributary of the river Neckar flows through Spaichingen. In addition to that, the highest point of Spaichingen is the mountain Dreifaltigkeitsberg with a height of 985 metres above sea level and the lowest point is at the north-eastern boundary at the Prim with 630 metres above sea level. The climate in Spaichingen is temperate and warm. Furthermore, there is significant rainfall throughout the year with 982 litres per square metre. February is the month with the least precipitation with an amount of rainfall of 65 litres per square metre and the month with the most precipitation is June with an amount of rainfall of 106 litres per square metre. In terms of temperature, the coldest month is January with an average temperature of -1,1 °C and the hottest month is July with an average temperature of 17 °C. The average annual temperature is 8,1 °C. It is possible to feel an earthquake in Spaichingen, since the epicentres are often in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, which is not far away.