{
  "place_id": "olkush#7793_11086",
  "wikidata": "Q764943",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Olkusz",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Olkusz",
      "why": "Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Olkusch",
          "why": "German spelling in historical and wartime records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ilkenau",
          "why": "German occupation-era name used in Second World War documentation."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Olkusz",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ilkenau",
          "why": "German occupation-era name encountered in French wartime histories."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Olkusz is a town north-west of Kraków in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Its history is closely tied to silver, lead and zinc mining.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Input label 'Олькуш' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form.",
  "rank": 310,
  "slug": "olkusz"
}