{
  "place_id": "paslenk#8003_11092",
  "wikidata": "Q988651",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Pasłęk",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pasłęk",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Preußisch Holland",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English accounts of the town before its transfer to Poland in 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Preussisch Holland",
          "why": "German ss typography of the historical name Preußisch Holland."
        },
        {
          "name": "Preussisch-Holland",
          "why": "Hyphenated historical German spelling, retained for older map and catalogue searches."
        },
        {
          "name": "Paslek",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Pasłęk for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Pasłęk",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Preußisch Holland",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly given in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Preussisch Holland",
          "why": "German ss substitute found in French historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hollande de Prusse",
          "why": "French translation of the German historical name, used in historical descriptions."
        },
        {
          "name": "Paslek",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Pasłęk for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "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.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 821,
  "slug": "paslek"
}