{
  "place_id": "miendzyzhech#7913_10865",
  "wikidata": "",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Międzyrzecz",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Międzyrzecz",
      "why": "Polish official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Meseritz",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English histories and genealogy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Miedzyrzecz",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Polish spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Międzyrzecz",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Meseritz",
          "why": "German historical name used in French references to the former Brandenburg and Posen borderlands."
        },
        {
          "name": "Miedzyrzecz",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Międzyrzecz is a town in Lubusz Voivodeship near the meeting of the Obra and Paklica rivers. Its medieval castle and nearby twentieth-century fortifications reflect its position in a long-contested border region.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input supplied no Wikidata identifier; left empty. Not Międzyrzec Podlaski in eastern Poland. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 570,
  "slug": "miedzyrzecz"
}