Schäffern is a municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, in the Austrian state of Styria. It lies in the southeastern part of the country, within the federal province of Styria (Steiermark).
As a municipality, Schäffern is one of the local administrative units that make up the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district. The district itself was formed within the Styrian regional administration, and Schäffern belongs to this structure alongside the other communities of the area.
Beyond its status and location, only well-established basics are available: it is a small Austrian municipality in Styria, and its administrative identity is defined by its place within the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district.