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Fehring

Fehring
Bild fehring kirche.jpg
Coat of arms of Fehring
Coat of arms
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; 16.01667Coordinates: 46°56′00″N 16°01′00″E / 46.93333°N 16.01667°E / 46.93333; 16.01667
Country Austria
State Styria
District Südoststeiermark
Government
 • Mayor Johann Winkelmaier (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 29.61 km2 (11.43 sq mi)
Elevation 272 m (892 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 3,039
 • Density 100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 8350
Area codes +43 3155
Vehicle registration FB
Website www.fehring.at

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.

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

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.

King Ferdinand granted arms in Augsburg at 8 July 1550.


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