Grafschaft, Rhineland

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Coat of arms

Location of Grafschaft within Ahrweiler district

(2020–28) Achim Juchem^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total57.55 km² (22.22 sq mi)Elevation

220 m (720 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total10,998 • Density190/km² (490/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

53501

Dialling codes02641; 02225 (Ortsteile Eckendorf und Gelsdorf)Vehicle registrationAWWebsitewww.gemeinde-grafschaft.de

Grafschaft is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Bonn.

Grafschaft is famous for its Rheinischer Zuckerrübensirup, a PGI-protected sugar-beet syrup.

The following 17 villages belong to Grafschaft:

The total population is 10,900 inhabitants (2020).

It has been used as a special stage for the Rallye Deutschland.

It contains the headquarters for Haribo; the company's head office moved there from Bonn in April 2018.^[3]

References

^ Wahlen der Bürgermeister der verbandsfreien Gemeinden, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 30 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
^ "Haribo is leaving Kessenich – almost". General-Anzeiger. 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2024-03-28.