Pasłęk
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Pasłęk — Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.
Other forms in use:
- Preußisch Holland — Historical German name used in English accounts of the town before its transfer to Poland in 1945.
- Preussisch Holland — German ss typography of the historical name Preußisch Holland.
- Preussisch-Holland — Hyphenated historical German spelling, retained for older map and catalogue searches.
- Paslek — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Pasłęk for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
French name
Pasłęk — Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.
Other forms in use:
- Preußisch Holland — German historical name explicitly given in French reference material.
- Preussisch Holland — German ss substitute found in French historical references.
- Hollande de Prusse — French translation of the German historical name, used in historical descriptions.
- Paslek — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Pasłęk for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
About
Pasłęk is a historic town southeast of Elbląg in northern Poland. Its castle, brick churches and town walls preserve traces of a settlement associated with medieval Dutch colonists.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q988651 · JSON
This page as Markdown: https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/paslek/