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.

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 .

Coat of arms

King Ferdinand granted arms in Augsburg at 8 July 1550.

Twin towns

• Heinersreuth

• Patsch

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