{
  "place_id": "boleslavets#7848_10864",
  "wikidata": "Q156828",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Bolesławiec",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bolesławiec",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Boleslawiec",
          "why": "Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bunzlau",
          "why": "Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolesławiec Śląski",
          "why": "Expanded Polish form specifying the Silesian town, used to distinguish it from other places called Bolesławiec."
        },
        {
          "name": "Boleslawiec Slaski",
          "why": "Diacritic-free version of the expanded Polish form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Town of Ceramics",
          "why": "English promotional nickname referring to the pottery industry; not a unique official place name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bolesławiec",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Boleslawiec",
          "why": "Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bunzlau",
          "why": "German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bolesławiec is a town on the Bóbr in Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is internationally known for decorated stoneware pottery.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Bunzlau remains familiar in English and French discussion of the pottery tradition. Bolesławiec Śląski is a disambiguating expanded form, not a separate municipality.",
  "rank": 276,
  "slug": "boleslawiec"
}