Hartberg

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Hartberg

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| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Hartberg Rathaus.jpg

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| image_caption = Town hall

| image_shield = AUT Hartberg COA.jpg

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| pushpin_map = Austria#Austria Styria

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Austria##Location within Styria

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| map_caption = Location within Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district

| coordinates = {{coord|47|16|50|N|15|58|12|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Austria

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Styria

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Hartberg-Fürstenfeld

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| parts_style = para

| p1 =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Marcus Martschitsch

| leader_party = {{Polparty|Austria|ÖVP}}

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| elevation_m = 359

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone = CET

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset = +1

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| registration_plate = HF

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 8230

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = +43 3332

| website = [http://www.hartberg.at/ www.hartberg.at]

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Hartberg ({{IPA|de-AT|ˈhartbɛrɡ|lang}}) is a city in Styria, Austria and the district seat of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District. As of January 1st 2024, it has a population of 6,713 in an area of 21.58 km². About 68 km up the A2 Autobahn is the large Styrian capital of Graz.

This town has a long and rich history. A settlement was located here in the Neolithic ages. One of the most important, prehistoric settlements of Styria developed on "Ringkogel" in the 3rd century BC. A massive protective wall surrounded it. Only two towers remain of the 7-8 metre high and 1500 metre long wall. (Schölbinger Tower and Reck Tower). The first mention of Hartberg as a city was in a 1286 document. During the 15th century it was conquered by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. A huge fire destroyed the town up to a few houses, but the population has been continually on the rise since then.

A massive protective wall surrounded it. In 1122 margrave Leopold I of Styria founded "Hartberg". Hartberg was even a central village in Styria for a certain time. The first written reference to Hartberg as "civitas" was in 1286.