Grafschaft | |
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Location of Grafschaft within Ahrweiler district | |
Coordinates: 50°34′17″N 7°05′49″E / 50.57139°N 7.09694°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Ahrweiler |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–28) | Achim Juchem[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 57.55 km2 (22.22 sq mi) |
Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 10,998 |
• Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 53501 |
Dialling codes | 02641; 02225 (Ortsteile Eckendorf und Gelsdorf) |
Vehicle registration | AW |
Website | www.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]