Fehring

Fehring

Fehring

Place in Styria, Austria

For the surname, see Fehring (surname).

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.

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Relic of the Tabor
Form south west side
Fehring 1820, Lith. J.F. Kaiser

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 Steirische Ostbahn [de].

Coat of arms

King Ferdinand granted arms in Augsburg at 8 July 1550.

Austrian stamp of 10 kreuzer in 1858

Twin towns

References

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


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