{
  "place_id": "prudnyk#7795_10976",
  "wikidata": "Q986984",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Prudnik",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Prudnik",
      "why": "Polish official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Neustadt",
          "why": "Historical German short name used in English accounts of Silesia; ambiguous without regional context."
        },
        {
          "name": "Neustadt in Oberschlesien",
          "why": "Full historical German name, identifying this Neustadt in Upper Silesia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Neustadt O.S.",
          "why": "Abbreviated German historical form found in maps, imprints and archival references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prądnik",
          "why": "Earlier Polish spelling, relevant to historical records rather than the present official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Prudnik",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Neustadt",
          "why": "German historical name retained in French accounts of former German Silesia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Neustadt en Haute-Silésie",
          "why": "French contextual rendering of Neustadt in Oberschlesien in historical geography."
        },
        {
          "name": "Neustadt in Oberschlesien",
          "why": "Full German form quoted in French historical bibliographies."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Prudnik is a town in Opole Voivodeship near the Czech border and the Opawskie Mountains. Its old centre and surviving castle tower recall its history as a trading and textile town.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 500,
  "slug": "prudnik"
}