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Fehring

Coordinates: 46°56′00″N 16°01′00″E / 46.93333°N 16.01667°E / 46.93333; 16.01667
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Fehring
Coat of arms of Fehring
Fehring is located in Austria
Fehring
Fehring
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°56′00″N 16°01′00″E / 46.93333°N 16.01667°E / 46.93333; 16.01667
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictSüdoststeiermark
Government
 • MayorJohann Winkelmaier (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total87.08 km2 (33.62 sq mi)
Elevation
272 m (892 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total7,284
 • Density84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8350
Area code+43 3155
Vehicle registrationFB
Websitewww.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.[3] 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

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Community structure

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

History

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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

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Fehring railway station is the terminus for S3 services from Graz on the Steirische Ostbahn [de].

Coat of arms

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King Ferdinand granted arms in Augsburg at 8 July 1550.

Austrian stamp of 10 kreuzer in 1858

Twin towns

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References

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  1. ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Fehring (Austria) map - nona.net". nona.net. Retrieved 2024-02-08.