{
  "place_id": "malbork#8001_11058",
  "wikidata": "Q146820",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Malbork",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Malbork",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Marienburg",
          "why": "Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Marienburg in Westpreußen",
          "why": "Expanded German historical form specifying the West Prussian town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Marienburg in Westpreussen",
          "why": "German historical form with ss replacing ß."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Malbork",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Marienburg",
          "why": "German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Marienbourg",
          "why": "Traditional French adaptation of the German name, especially in accounts of the Teutonic Order."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Malbork is a town on the Nogat in Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its vast brick castle was the headquarters of the Teutonic Order and is a major monument of medieval architecture.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Bare Marienburg also names other places; the Teutonic castle and the Nogat identify this town.",
  "rank": 275,
  "slug": "malbork"
}