{
  "place_id": "kurnyk#7902_10949",
  "wikidata": "Q51408",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Kórnik",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kórnik",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kurnik",
          "why": "Historical German name; also a phonetic spelling encountered in international references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Burgstadt",
          "why": "German occupation-era name used during the Second World War."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kornik",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Kórnik for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kórnik",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kurnik",
          "why": "Historical German name explicitly quoted in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Burgstadt",
          "why": "German occupation-era name for French historical retrieval; no current French exonym implied."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kornik",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Kórnik for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "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.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "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.",
  "rank": 1173,
  "slug": "kornik"
}