Fehring

For the surname, see Fehring (surname).

Fehring
Coat of arms
Fehring Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°56′00″N 16°01′00″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Südoststeiermark
Government
• Mayor	Johann Winkelmaier (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	87.08 km2 (33.62 sq mi)
Elevation	272 m (892 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)
• Total	7,284
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8350
Area code	+43 3155
Vehicle registration	FB
Website	www.fehring.at

Relic of the Tabor

Form south west side

Fehring 1820, Lith. J.F. Kaiser

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 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 Steirische Ostbahn.

Coat of arms

King Ferdinand granted arms in Augsburg at 8 July 1550.

Austrian stamp of 10 kreuzer in 1858

Twin towns

• Heinersreuth
• Patsch