Grafschaft is a municipality in the
district of Ahrweiler, in
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. It is situated approximately 20 km south of
Bonn
Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...
.
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
The ADAC Rallye Deutschland is a Rallying, rally event held in Germany. The event was first held in 1982 and originally hosted by e.g. Frankfurt, Mainz and Koblenz. In 2000, the rally was relocated to the region around Trier. Previously part of ...
.
It contains the headquarters for
Haribo
Haribo GmbH & Co. KG, doing business as Haribo ( , , ; stylized in all caps), is a German confectionery company founded by Hans Riegel Sr. It began in Kessenich (Bonn), Kessenich, Bonn, Germany. The name "Haribo" is a syllabic abbreviation forme ...
; the company's head office moved there from Bonn in April 2018.
References
External links
Website
Ahrweiler (district)
Rallye Deutschland
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