Tespe
Municipality
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Location of Tespe within Harburg district
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Coordinates: 53°24′N 10°25′E / 53.400°N 10.417°E / 53.400; 10.417
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Harburg
Municipal assoc.	Elbmarsch
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Jörg Werner (SPD)
Area
• Total	24.87 km2 (9.60 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,848
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	21395
Dialling codes	04176, 04133
Vehicle registration	WL
Website	gemeinde-tespe.de

Tespe is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Situated on the left bank of the river Elbe, it abuts on the district of Lüneburg at the south and the west. Tespe is 5 km southeast of Geesthacht and about 30 kilometres southeast of Hamburg.

The municipalities Tespe, Marschacht and Drage together form the Samtgemeinde Elbmarsch. On the opposite bank of the Elbe is the Krümmel Nuclear Power Plant.