{
  "place_id": "lidzbark#7958_11101",
  "wikidata": "Q1005464",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Lidzbark",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Lidzbark",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lautenburg",
          "why": "German historical name recorded in English geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lidzbark Welski",
          "why": "Common qualifying Polish name identifying this town on the Wel, distinct from Lidzbark Warmiński."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Lidzbark",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lautenburg",
          "why": "German historical name indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lidzbark Welski",
          "why": "Polish qualifier useful to French readers to distinguish this town from Lidzbark Warmiński."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Lidzbark is a town on the Wel River in northern Poland's Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. Often qualified as Lidzbark Welski, it is distinct from Lidzbark Warmiński farther northeast.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is Lidzbark on the Wel, often called Lidzbark Welski, not Lidzbark Warmiński (historical Heilsberg). Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidzbark ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidzbark.",
  "rank": 1268,
  "slug": "lidzbark"
}