Fehring

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'''Fehring''' is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Styria, Austria.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fehring (Austria) map - nona.net |url=https://nona.net/features/map/placedetail.432074/Fehring/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=nona.net}}</ref> 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 Burgenland.

== Neighbouring municipalities == * In the north: Johnsdorf-Brunn and Hohenbrugg-Weinberg * In the east: Sankt Martin an der Raab and Mühldorf * In the south: Kapfenstein * In the west: Pertlstein

== 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 Urbar 1220th. Fehring was founded as a marketplace and Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria 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 tabor was built in the 15th century.

== Transportation == Fehring railway station is the terminus for S3 services from Graz on the {{interlanguage link|Steirische Ostbahn|de}}.

== Coat of arms == King Ferdinand granted arms in Augsburg at 8 July 1550.

thumb|Austrian stamp of 10 kreuzer in 1858

=== Twin towns === *{{Flagicon|Germany}} Heinersreuth *{{Flagicon|Austria}} Patsch

== References == <references/>

Category:Cities and towns in Südoststeiermark District