Grafschaft_(Rheinland)

Grafschaft, Rhineland

Grafschaft, Rhineland

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

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

The following 17 villages belong to Grafschaft:

  • Alteheck
  • Beller
  • Bengen
  • Birresdorf
  • Bölingen
  • Eckendorf
  • Esch
  • Gelsdorf
  • Holzweiler
  • Karweiler
  • Lantershofen
  • Leimersdorf
  • Niederich
  • Nierendorf
  • Oeverich
  • Ringen
  • Vettelhoven

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

  1. [1]
    Wahlen der Bürgermeister der verbandsfreien Gemeinden, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 30 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Haribo is leaving Kessenich – almost". General-Anzeiger. 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
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