Spała

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

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. The village has a population of 400. It gives its name to the protected area called Spała Landscape Park.

Nicholas II in Spała (1912)

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.