Grafschaft | |
Image Coa: | DEU Grafschaft (Rheinland) COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 50.5714°N 7.0969°W |
Image Plan: | Grafschaft in AW.svg |
State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
District: | Ahrweiler |
Elevation: | 220 |
Area: | 57.55 |
Postal Code: | 53501 |
Area Code: | 02641; 02225 (Ortsteile Eckendorf und Gelsdorf) |
Licence: | AW |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 1 31 090 |
Website: | www.gemeinde-grafschaft.de |
Mayor: | Achim Juchem[1] |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 28 |
Party: | CDU |
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.[2]