Leuk Stadt (town)

At the mouth of the Dala gorge, above the Rhône, is Leuk Stadt (725 m/2,379ft; pop. 2,800), a little market town and district administrative capital which was once the summer residence of the Bishop of Sion. Features of interest include a Late Gothic tower (1541-43) once occupied by a local government official, the viztum; the bishop's castle (first mentioned in 1254); the late 15th C. parish church of St Stephan (R.C.); and the former residence of the de Werra family (16th-17th C.).