Fürstenfeld

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Fürstenfeld
Municipality
Graz Gate, part of former town fortifications
Coat of arms
Fürstenfeld Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°03′00″N 16°05′00″E / 47.05000°N 16.08333°E / 47.05000; 16.08333
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
Government
• Mayor	Franz Jost (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	50.31 km2 (19.42 sq mi)
Elevation	276 m (906 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	8,549
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8280
Area code	+43 3382
Vehicle registration	HF
Website	www.fuerstenfeld.at

Fürstenfeld (Austrian German: [ˈfʏrstn̩fɛld]; Hungarian: Fölöstöm) is a small historic city in Styria, Austria. It is situated near the border with Hungary, which is why the city was originally founded. The town has become quite famous in Austria and Germany because of the song by the same name by Styrian band S.T.S..

Fürstenfeld has a population of some 10,360 as of January 1st 2025. It was the centre of an eponymous district until the end of 2012, when it was merged with Hartberg to form the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld.

Fürstenfeld was founded around 1170 as a defense against the Hungarians (the present Austrian state of Burgenland was part of Hungary until after World War I, so Fürstenfeld used to lie right on the border) and received its town charter in 1215. Today it is known for its schools, middle-sized industry, and vicinity to several spa towns (Bad Blumau, Bad Loipersdorf and Bad Waltersdorf in Styria, and Stegersbach in Burgenland).

Fürstenfeld is located in the lower Feistritz [ceb; de; sh; sv] valley near the Burgenland border. Elevation of the urban area ranges from 255m to approximately 300 m ü. A. The city`s central part sits on a river terrace two dozen meters above the valley floor.

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First human traces in the Fürstenfeld area are attributed to the Neolithic age. There are numerous Urnfield culture archaeological finds and the Romans also found their way into the later Province of Noricum bordering their Pannonia province. From the 6th century on, Slavs diffused into the Pannonic region and were followed by Bavarian settlers in the 8th century.

Fürstenfeld is twinned with:^[3]

• Aindling, Germany
• Körmend, Hungary
• Vişeu de Sus, Romania
• Zug, Switzerland

• Anita
• Herbert Depisch
• Wilfried Elmenreich, researcher and university professor
• Hans Fronius
• Sissy Handler
• Richard L. Heschl, born in Welsdorf
• Markus Hirtler (alias Ermi-Oma), cabaret artist
• Max J. Hiti
• Max Keimel
• Karl Mader, painter, graphic artist
• Bert Isatitsch
• Katharina Paldauf (1625-1675) "flower witch" prosecuted during the Great Witch trial of Feldbach
• Josef Reichl [de] (1913, Rudersdorf - 2003)^[4]
• Helmut Röhrling (known as "Schiffkowitz [de]"), member of S.T.S.
• Emmerich Schreiner
• Hanna Schulze-Bauer
• Hannes Schulze-Bauer
• Günter Timischl [de] (born 1948, Fürstenfeld), member of S.T.S.
• Fritz Vogt
• Gregor von Rezzori, studied in Fürstenfeld

• Official website of Fürstenfeld (in German, English, and Hungarian)

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