Fehring Explained

Fehring
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Coordinates:46.9333°N 16.0167°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Südoststeiermark
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Johann Winkelmaier
Elevation M:272
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:FB
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:8350
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+43 3155
Website:www.fehring.at

Fehring is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Styria, Austria.[1] 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

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 .

Coat of arms

King Ferdinand granted arms in Augsburg at 8 July 1550.

Twin towns

References

  1. Web site: Fehring (Austria) map - nona.net . 2024-02-08 . nona.net.