{
  "place_id": "charnkuv#7938_10920",
  "wikidata": "Q51438",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Czarnków",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Czarnków",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Czarnikau",
          "why": "German historical spelling used in English regional and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Scharnikau",
          "why": "Later German historical spelling, used during the Second World War."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czarnkow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Czarnków for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Czarnków",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Scharnikau",
          "why": "German historical name given in the French reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czarnikau",
          "why": "Earlier German spelling for French historical retrieval."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czarnkow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Czarnków for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Czarnków is a town on the Noteć in northern Greater Poland. It is known for its brewing traditions and for the hills rising above the river valley.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Missing Wikidata ID filled from the linked settlement item Q51438. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czarnków ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czarnków.",
  "rank": 961,
  "slug": "czarnkow"
}