Spillville is a city in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 386 at the 2000 census. It is located in Calmar Township about 7 km (4 mi) west of Calmar. It is about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Decorah, the county seat.
Largely settled by Bohemian immigrants, Spillville boasts a strong cultural and musical history. The Czech composer Antonín Dvořák spent the summer of 1893 in Spillville, where he composed two of his most fam...
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Spillville is a city in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 386 at the 2000 census. It is located in Calmar Township about 7 km (4 mi) west of Calmar. It is about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Decorah, the county seat.
Largely settled by Bohemian immigrants, Spillville boasts a strong cultural and musical history. The Czech composer Antonín Dvořák spent the summer of 1893 in Spillville, where he composed two of his most famous chamber works, including the String Quartet in F ("The American"). Spillville is also the site of the Inwood Ballroom, started in 1920 and the destination of several popular 1920s and 1930s musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Guy Lombardo. Many tourists to Spillville have also visited the Bily Clocks Museum (see link below), a collection of intricately designed clocks created by two brothers in Spillville.
The Roman Catholic parish in Spillville, St. Wenceslaus Church, was built in 1860 and is the oldest Czech Catholic church in the...
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