Spała

Spała [ˈspawa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Inowłódz, within Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies on the Pilica River, approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Inowłódz, 9 km (6 mi) east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and 54 km (34 mi) south-east of the regional capital Łódź.[1] The village has a population of 400. It gives its name to the protected area called Spała Landscape Park.

Nicholas II in Spała (1912)

Spała
Village
Chapel of the Holy Virgin Mary, the Queen of the Polish Crown
Spała
Coordinates: 51°32′28″N 20°8′17″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Gmina	Inowłódz
Population	400

Notable occurrences

• Spala was the location of a hunting lodge owned by Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. In 1912 Grigori Rasputin allegedly healed the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, who suffered from haemophilia, from a fatal hemorrhage.
• Spała was the site of the Central European Jamboree in 1935, and of the International Young Physicists' Tournament in 1995.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.