Spała is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Inowłódz
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Gmina Inowłódz is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Inowłódz, which lies approximately east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki and south-e ...
, within
Tomaszów Mazowiecki County Tomaszów may refer to the following places in Poland:
* Tomaszów Bolesławiecki, village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
* Tomaszów, Lublin Voivodeship, village in Puławy County
* Tomaszów Lubelski County, county in Lublin Voivodeship
** Tomasz ...
,
Łódź Voivodeship
Łódź Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province is named after its capital and largest city, Łódź, pronounced .
Łódź Voivodeship is bordered by six other voivodeships: Masovian Voivodeship ...
, in central Poland. It lies on the
Pilica River, approximately west of
Inowłódz
Inowłódz is a town in Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Inowłódz. It lies approximately east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki and south-east of ...
, east of
Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Tomaszów Mazowiecki (, or ''Tomashuv'') is a city in central Poland with 60,529 inhabitants (2021). It is the fourth most populous city in the Łódź Voivodeship and the second with free public transport. It is the seat of Tomaszów County, Ł ...
, and south-east of the regional capital
Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...
.
The village gives its name to the
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...
called
Spała Landscape Park.
Notable occurrences
* Spała was the location of a hunting lodge owned by
Emperor
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Nicholas II of
Russia
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. In 1912
Grigori Rasputin
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allegedly healed the
Tsarevich
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Under the 1797 Pauline Laws, Pauline house laws, the title was discontinued and replaced with ''tsesarevich'' for the heir apparent alone. His younger ...
Alexei Nikolaevich, who suffered from
haemophilia, from a near-fatal
hemorrhage
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.
* Spała was the site of the
Central European Jamboree in 1935, and of the
International Young Physicists' Tournament in 1995.
Sport
The village is the site of the Olympic Preparation Centre, which is a professional training base for national and Olympic teams of many disciplines. The sports indoor arena was built in 1988 and is among the biggest ones in Poland.
Demographics
Gallery
File:Nicholas II hunting in Spal.jpeg, Nicholas II in Spała, 1912
File:Spała, Poland - panoramio (13).jpg, Tsar's Tower
File:Kaplica pw. NMP Królowej, drewniany, 1922, nr rej. 418 z 16.04.1991 (1).jpg, Chapel of the Holy Virgin Mary, the Queen of the Polish Crown
File:Hala OPO COS Spała.JPG, Olympic Preparation Centre Indoor Arena in Spała
See also
*
Sport in Poland
*
List of indoor arenas in Poland
References
Villages in Tomaszów Mazowiecki County
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