Söding

Söding, Styria, municipality in the district of Voitsberg, alt. 341 m, population 1,838, area 9.11 km², including the cadastral districts of Kleinsöding and Großsöding, near the confluence of the Södingbach and Kainach streams, southwest of Graz. - Home run by the Lebenshilfe charity organisation; building industry dominant (construction, deep-drilling, construction equipment production and trade), production of screening machines and industrial equipment. - Late Gothic filial church of St. Sebastian (redecorated in Baroque style around 1679) with stone altar (early 17^th century) and side altars which were part of a late Gothic carved altarpiece (around 1510-1520), Groß Söding Castle (around 1563) with chapel (stucco, frescoes).