{
  "place_id": "kostshyn#7910_10956",
  "wikidata": "Q52850",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Kostrzyn",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kostrzyn",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kostschin",
          "why": "German historical name for the Greater Poland town, not Küstrin/Kostrzyn nad Odrą."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kostrzyn",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kostschin",
          "why": "German historical name in French regional-history references; not Küstrin on the Oder."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kostrzyn is a town east of Poznań in Greater Poland. It has a historic market centre and railway connections that link it with the wider Poznań urban area.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "This is Kostrzyn east of Poznań, not Kostrzyn nad Odrą, whose German historical name is Küstrin. The river qualifier and historical names must not be mixed. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostrzyn,_Greater_Poland_Voivodeship ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostrzyn.",
  "rank": 991,
  "slug": "kostrzyn"
}