{
  "place_id": "khelmno#7963_11023",
  "wikidata": "Q161962",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Chełmno",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chełmno",
      "why": "Polish official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Culm",
          "why": "Long-established German historical name used in English medieval and legal history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kulm",
          "why": "Alternative German spelling, also found in English historical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Culm on the Vistula",
          "why": "English historical distinguishing phrase; the head name is Culm."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chelmno",
          "why": "Diacritic-free search spelling of the native name; not a separate official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Chełmno",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Culm",
          "why": "Historical name established in French accounts of the Teutonic Order and the droit de Culm."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kulm",
          "why": "German spelling used alongside Culm in French historical works."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chelmno",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chełmno is a town in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship above the Vistula valley. Its medieval walls and brick churches reflect its role in the lands of the Teutonic Order.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Not Chełm in eastern Poland. The Chełmno extermination camp was at Chełmno nad Nerem, a different settlement. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 518,
  "slug": "chelmno"
}