{
  "place_id": "yavishovitse#7775_11063",
  "wikidata": "Q2152229",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Jawiszowice",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Jawiszowice",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Jawischowitz",
          "why": "German name used in English histories of the Auschwitz subcamp; the camp and village do not have identical scope."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jawyschowicze",
          "why": "Historical documentary spelling quoted in English local history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jan[w]issowicz",
          "why": "Bracketed medieval documentary reading explicitly printed in English history; not a modern exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Jawiszowice",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Jawiszowice is a village near Oświęcim in southern Poland. Its wooden church of Saint Martin and the history of the Jawischowitz Auschwitz subcamp are important parts of its local heritage.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawiszowice ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawiszowice.",
  "rank": 1400,
  "slug": "jawiszowice"
}