{
  "place_id": "salaspils#8158_11352",
  "wikidata": "Q732986",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Salaspils",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Salaspils",
      "why": "Latvian official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kirchholm",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English accounts of the Polish–Swedish battle."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kircholm",
          "why": "Alternative historical spelling, especially common in English military histories."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Salaspils",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kirchholm",
          "why": "Historical name used in French accounts of the 1605 battle."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kircholm",
          "why": "Variant established in French military-history writing."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Salaspils is a town southeast of Riga on the Daugava River. It is known for its botanical garden and for a memorial at the site of a Nazi camp.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The town, battle site and Nazi camp are related but are not identical geographical objects. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 554,
  "slug": "salaspils"
}