Grafschaft
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Grafschaft can refer to:
- a GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
term for countyCountyA county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...
, in a sense that it is an area which belonged to a countCountA count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
(ger. GrafGrafGraf is a historical German noble title equal in rank to a count or a British earl...
). However, administrative districts without a count, which would also be called counties in English-speaking countries, are not called Grafschaft in German. - Grafschaft, RhinelandGrafschaft, RhinelandGrafschaft is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km south of Bonn.The following 17 villages belong to Grafschaft:*Alteheck*Beller*Bengen*Birresdorf*Bölingen*Eckendorf*Esch*Gelsdorf...
, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - Grafschaft, a part of SchmallenbergSchmallenbergSchmallenberg is a town in the district of Hochsauerland. Relating to its area of 188 square miles it is the largest town belonging to an administrative Kreis in the federal state of North Rhine/Westphalia, Germany....
, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Grafschaft AbbeyGrafschaft AbbeyGrafschaft Abbey is a community of the Sisters of Mercy of Saint Charles Borromeo, formerly a Benedictine monastery, in Schmallenberg in the Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-First foundation:...
, in Schmallenberg - Grafschaft, SwitzerlandGrafschaft, SwitzerlandGrafschaft is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 2000 the municipality was created with the merger of Biel , Ritzingen and Selkingen.-History:...
, a municipality of the canton of Valais