Fehring
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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
- 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 [de].
Coat of arms
King Ferdinand granted arms in Augsburg at 8 July 1550.
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Twin towns
References
- ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Fehring (Austria) map - nona.net". nona.net. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
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- Bad Gleichenberg
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- Eichkögl
- Fehring
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- Gnas
- Halbenrain
- Jagerberg
- Kapfenstein
- Kirchbach-Zerlach
- Kirchberg an der Raab
- Klöch
- Mettersdorf am Saßbach
- Mureck
- Paldau
- Pirching am Traubenberg
- Riegersburg
- Sankt Anna am Aigen
- Sankt Peter am Ottersbach
- Sankt Stefan im Rosental
- Straden
- Tieschen
- Unterlamm
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