{
  "place_id": "hlubchytse#7788_10990",
  "wikidata": "Q717947",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Głubczyce",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Głubczyce",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Leobschütz",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English accounts of the town before its transfer to Poland in 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Leobschuetz",
          "why": "German ue substitute for ü in the historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hlubčice",
          "why": "Czech name quoted in English descriptions of the border region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Glubczyce",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Głubczyce for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Leobschutz",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Leobschütz for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hlubcice",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Hlubčice for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Głubczyce",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Leobschütz",
          "why": "German name used in French Silesian history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Leobschuetz",
          "why": "German umlaut substitution in historical citations within French texts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hlubčice",
          "why": "Czech name given in the French reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Glubczyce",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Głubczyce for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Leobschutz",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Leobschütz for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hlubcice",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Hlubčice for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Głubczyce is a town in Opole Voivodeship near Poland's Czech border. Its old street plan, churches and surviving defensive walls reflect its place in the borderland history of Silesia.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 818,
  "slug": "glubczyce"
}