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unusual facts about Spittal


Spittal, Pembrokeshire

Its name is a corruption of the word Hospital, which is also the root of such names as Spitalfields, London, Spital, Merseyside, Spital-in-the-Street, Lincolnshire, etc: the village possessed a hospitium (place of accommodation for pilgrims) belonging to the Cathedral of St David's.


Alenka Bernot

She won a gold medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.

Berwick-upon-Tweed television relay station

Berwick-upon-Tweed television relay station is a low-power television and FM radio relay transmitter of Chatton, covering Berwick-upon-Tweed, Tweedmouth and Spittal, Northumberland.

Borut Justin

He won a gold medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.

Claire Costa

She won a gold medal in the K-1 team event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.

Erika Schönfeld

She won a bronze medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.

Josef Šedivec

He won a silver medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.

Krems

Krems, Carinthia, a small municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia in Austria

Kym Purdy

She won a bronze medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.

Linda Aponte

She won a silver medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.

Lurnfeld

He marched against Carinthia from his Tyrolean residence at Bruck Castle, crossing the border at Oberdrauburg and occupying Spittal to lay siege to the Ortenburg fortress.

Margitta Krüger

She won a silver medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.

Miroslav Nedvěd

He won two medals at the 1977 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal with a gold in the C-2 team event and a silver in the C-2 event.

Monika Lehmann

She won a gold medal in the mixed C-2 team event at the 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.

Rolf Luber

He won a silver medal in the folding K-1 event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.

Stuart Dry

He won a bronze medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.

Tauern Railway

The southern ramp down to Spittal an der Drau was erected from 1906 under the supervision of the Viennese engineer and entrepreneur Wilhelm Carl Gustav von Doderer, father of the writer Heimito von Doderer.

Werner Lempert

He won a silver medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.


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