{
  "place_id": "pyzhytse#7952_10827",
  "wikidata": "Q219093",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Pyrzyce",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pyrzyce",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Pyritz",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English accounts of the town before its transfer to Poland in 1945."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Pyrzyce",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Pyritz",
          "why": "German name used in French historical accounts of Pomerania."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pyrzyce is a town south of Szczecin in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Long stretches of its medieval brick walls and defensive towers survive around the old town.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Missing Wikidata ID filled from the town’s linked Wikidata item: Q219093.",
  "rank": 823,
  "slug": "pyrzyce"
}