{
  "place_id": "kozhukhuv#7875_10866",
  "wikidata": "Q142101",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Kożuchów",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kożuchów",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Freystadt in Schlesien",
          "why": "German historical name used in English accounts of the place before 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Freystadt",
          "why": "Short German historical name, ambiguous without Silesian context."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kozuchow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Kożuchów for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kożuchów",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Freystadt",
          "why": "German historical name used in French Silesian references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kozuchow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Kożuchów for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kożuchów is a town in Poland's Lubusz region, in the historical territory of Lower Silesia. Its old centre retains extensive medieval defensive walls and a former castle.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Missing input Wikidata ID filled from the settlement reference item Q142101. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kożuchów ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kożuchów_(ville).",
  "rank": 1080,
  "slug": "kozuchow"
}