Grafschaft, Rhineland

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:


 * 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.