Kórnik
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Kórnik — Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.
Other forms in use:
- Kurnik — Historical German name; also a phonetic spelling encountered in international references.
- Burgstadt — German occupation-era name used during the Second World War.
- Kornik — Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Kórnik for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Kórnik — Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.
Other forms in use:
- Kurnik — Historical German name explicitly quoted in French references.
- Burgstadt — German occupation-era name for French historical retrieval; no current French exonym implied.
- Kornik — Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Kórnik for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Kórnik is a town southeast of Poznań in western Poland. Its castle houses a historic library, and the surrounding arboretum is a major botanical collection.
Notes
Bnin and Prowent are incorporated localities rather than unrestricted synonyms for the whole modern town. Burgstadt is an occupation-era name, not a modern exonym. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kórnik ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kórnik.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q51408 · JSON
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