Grafschaft, Rhineland Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/direktwahlen/wahl-der-buergermeister-verbandsfreier-gemeinden/ Wahlen der Bürgermeister der verbandsfreien Gemeinden
  2. Web site: Haribo is leaving Kessenich – almost. General-Anzeiger. 2018-05-15. 2024-03-28.