# Fehring

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{{for|the surname|Fehring (surname)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name            = Fehring
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| settlement_type = [Municipality](/source/Municipality_(Austria))
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| map_caption     = Location within Südoststeiermark district
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| subdivision_type1 = [State](/source/States_of_Austria)
| subdivision_name1 = [Styria](/source/Styria)
| subdivision_type2 = [District](/source/District_(Austria))
| subdivision_name2 = [Südoststeiermark](/source/S%C3%BCdoststeiermark_District)
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| leader_title  = [Mayor](/source/Burgomaster)
| leader_name   = Johann Winkelmaier
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| registration_plate = [FB](/source/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Austria)
| postal_code_type   = [Postal code](/source/List_of_postal_codes_in_Austria)
| postal_code        = 8350
| area_code_type = [Area code](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_Austria)
| area_code      = +43 3155
| website   = [http://www.fehring.at www.fehring.at]
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left|thumb|Relic of the Tabor
left|thumb|Form south west side
thumb|Fehring 1820, Lith. J.F. Kaiser

'''Fehring''' is a municipality in the district of [Südoststeiermark](/source/S%C3%BCdoststeiermark_District) in [Styria](/source/Styria), [Austria](/source/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](/source/R%C3%A1ba). Fehring is on a socket some metres above the valley floor. The town is bordered to the east by [Burgenland](/source/Burgenland).

== Neighbouring municipalities ==
* In the north: [Johnsdorf-Brunn](/source/Johnsdorf-Brunn) and [Hohenbrugg-Weinberg](/source/Hohenbrugg-Weinberg)
* In the east: [Sankt Martin an der Raab](/source/Sankt_Martin_an_der_Raab) and [Mühldorf](/source/M%C3%BChldorf)
* In the south: [Kapfenstein](/source/Kapfenstein)
* In the west: [Pertlstein](/source/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](/source/Babenberger) Urbar 1220th. Fehring was founded as a marketplace and [Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria](/source/Rudolf_IV%2C_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](/source/Tabor_(formation)) was built in the 15th century.

== Transportation ==
[Fehring railway station](/source/Fehring_railway_station) is the terminus for [S3](/source/S-Bahn_Steiermark) services from [Graz](/source/Graz) on the {{interlanguage link|Steirische Ostbahn|de}}.

== Coat of arms ==
[King Ferdinand](/source/Ferdinand_I%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor) granted arms in Augsburg at 8 July 1550.

thumb|Austrian stamp of 10 kreuzer in 1858

=== Twin towns   ===
*{{Flagicon|Germany}} [Heinersreuth](/source/Heinersreuth)
*{{Flagicon|Austria}} [Patsch](/source/Patsch)

== References ==
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{{Cities and towns in Südoststeiermark (district)}}

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Category:Cities and towns in Südoststeiermark District

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