{
  "place_id": "holiub-dobzhyn#7950_11058",
  "wikidata": "Q325251",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Golub-Dobrzyń",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Golub-Dobrzyń",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Gollub",
          "why": "German historical name for Golub, one of the two towns merged in 1951; not the entire modern municipality."
        },
        {
          "name": "Golub",
          "why": "One component town before the 1951 union; also a local short form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dobrzyń nad Drwęcą",
          "why": "The other component town before the 1951 union; not interchangeable with every use of Golub-Dobrzyń."
        },
        {
          "name": "Golub-Dobrzyn",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Golub-Dobrzyń for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dobrzyn nad Drweca",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Dobrzyń nad Drwęcą for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Golub-Dobrzyń",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Gollub",
          "why": "German historical name of the Golub component, used in French regional history; not the entire merged town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Golub",
          "why": "Component town in French historical descriptions."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dobrzyń nad Drwęcą",
          "why": "Name of the other town merged in 1951, retained for matching French historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Golub-Dobrzyn",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Golub-Dobrzyń for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dobrzyn nad Drweca",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Dobrzyń nad Drwęcą for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Golub-Dobrzyń is a town on the Drwęca in north-central Poland. It joins two historically separate towns on opposite banks, with a prominent medieval castle above Golub.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Golub and Dobrzyń were joined in 1951. Historical component names are marked as such, not treated as unrestricted synonyms for the modern merged town.",
  "rank": 843,
  "slug": "golub-dobrzyn"
}