{
  "place_id": "kentshyn#8004_11187",
  "wikidata": "Q319397",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Kętrzyn",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kętrzyn",
      "why": "Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rastenburg",
          "why": "German historical name common in English East Prussian and Second World War history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rastembork",
          "why": "Earlier Polish form before adoption of Kętrzyn in 1946."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ketrzyn",
          "why": "Spelling without native diacritics, used in English plain-text indexes and international search; not a separate exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kętrzyn",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rastenburg",
          "why": "German historical name established in French East Prussian and Second World War history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ketrzyn",
          "why": "French plain-text and search variant without native diacritics; the main form keeps the local spelling."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kętrzyn is a town in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in the historical region of East Prussia. Its Teutonic castle and fortified church stand near the Masurian lake country.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The current name honours Wojciech Kętrzyński. The nearby Wolf’s Lair is a separate site. Input label 'Кентшин' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form.",
  "rank": 390,
  "slug": "ketrzyn"
}