{
  "place_id": "brodnytsia#7958_11078",
  "wikidata": "Q690030",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Brodnica",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Brodnica",
      "why": "Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Strasburg",
          "why": "Historical German name, ambiguous without a West Prussian context."
        },
        {
          "name": "Strasburg in Westpreußen",
          "why": "Full German historical designation."
        },
        {
          "name": "Strasburg in Westpreussen",
          "why": "Plain-letter spelling of the full German historical name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Brodnica",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Strasburg",
          "why": "German historical name in French accounts of West Prussia; distinct from Strasbourg."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Brodnica is a town on the Drwęca in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its surviving Teutonic castle tower and medieval gates overlook a centre serving the surrounding lake district.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Not Strasbourg in France or other towns named Strasburg. Input label 'Бродниця' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form.",
  "rank": 353,
  "slug": "brodnica"
}