Fehring is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

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. The landscape is rolling hills cut by the valley of the

Raab Raab is a market town (''Marktgemeinde'') in the district of Schärding in Upper Austria in Austria. History The village historically belonged to the Duchy of Bavaria until the Treaty of Teschen transferred the area to Austria in 1780. During ...

. Fehring is on a socket some metres above the valley floor. The town is bordered to the east by

Burgenland Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two statutory cities and seven rural districts, with a total of ...

Neighbouring municipalities

* In the north:

Johnsdorf-Brunn Johnsdorf-Brunn is a former municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Fehring Fehring is a municipality in the district of ...

and

Hohenbrugg-Weinberg Hohenbrugg-Weinberg is a former municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Fehring Fehring is a municipality in the dis ...

* In the east:

Sankt Martin an der Raab Sankt Martin an der Raab ( hu, Rábaszentmárton, Rába-Szentmárton, sl, Sveti Martin pri Rabi) is a town in the district of Jennersdorf in the Austrian state of Burgenland. Geography Cadastral communities A cadastral community or cadastral mu ...

and

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* In the south:

Kapfenstein Kapfenstein is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With a ...

* In the west:

Pertlstein Pertlstein is a former municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Fehring Fehring is a municipality in the district of ...

Community structure

The municipality Fehring consists of the villages Hirtzenrigel, Höflach, Petzelsdorf, Petersdorf and Schiefer.

History

The first mention of Fehring is with 40 homesteads in a document from Ottokar of 1265th. The district Petzelsdorf is already mentioned in the

Babenberger The House of Babenberg was a noble dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves. Originally from Bamberg in the Duchy of Franconia (present-day Bavaria), the Babenbergs ruled the imperial Margraviate of Austria from its creation in 976 AD until its ...

Urbar 1220th. Fehring was founded as a marketplace and

Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria Rudolf IV (1 November 1339 – 27 July 1365), also called Rudolf the Founder (german: der Stifter), was a scion of the House of Habsburg who ruled as duke of Austria (self-proclaimed archduke), Styria and Carinthia from 1358, as well as co ...

awarded the market law. A parish has been documented in Fehring since 1305. There have been a lot of wars and fights around Fehring, therefore a

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was built in the 15th century.

Transportation

Fehring railway station Fehring is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Styria, Austria. The landscape is rolling hills cut by the valley of the Raab. Fehring is on a socket some metres above the valley floor. The town is bordered to the east by Bu ...

is the terminus for S3 services from

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popu ...

on the .

Coat of arms

King Ferdinand granted arms in Augsburg at 8 July 1550. RDb-f St

Twin towns

Heinersreuth Heinersreuth is a municipality in the district of Bayreuth in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. G ...

Patsch Patsch is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 6.7 km south of Innsbruck at the bottom of the Patscherkofel Patscherkofel is a mountain and ski area in the Alps, in Tyrol in western Austria ...

References

Cities and towns in Südoststeiermark District {{Styria-geo-stub