{
  "place_id": "otmukhuv#7803_10954",
  "wikidata": "Q1005442",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Otmuchów",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Otmuchów",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ottmachau",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English regional history; not the present Polish civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Otmuchovia",
          "why": "Historical Latin name quoted in English local history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Otemochow",
          "why": "Medieval documentary spelling, not a current exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Othmuchow",
          "why": "Old Polish historical spelling recorded in English town history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Othmuchaw",
          "why": "Historical Latin-source spelling quoted in English history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Otmuchow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Otmuchów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Otmuchów",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ottmachau",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly recorded in the French locality reference; used for the town’s earlier history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Otmuchow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Otmuchów for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Otmuchów is a town near Nysa in southern Poland. Its hilltop castle and nearby reservoir are prominent features of the surrounding landscape.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otmuchów ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otmuchów.",
  "rank": 1455,
  "slug": "otmuchow"
}