{
  "place_id": "zhepin#7908_10824",
  "wikidata": "Q990823",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Rzepin",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rzepin",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Reppen",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English regional history; not the present Polish civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rypin Lubuski",
          "why": "Briefly used Polish name after the Second World War, before adoption of Rzepin in the late 1940s."
        },
        {
          "name": "Reppin",
          "why": "Historical German variant quoted in English local history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Newen Reppin",
          "why": "Medieval documentary spelling recorded in English town history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nyen Rypin",
          "why": "Medieval documentary spelling; not a modern English name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nyen Reppen",
          "why": "Medieval documentary spelling with a qualifier meaning new."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rzepin",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Reppen",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly recorded in the French locality reference; used for the town’s earlier history."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rzepin is a town on the Ilanka River in western Poland. Its railway junction connects routes towards the German border, Poznań and the surrounding Lubusz region.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Empty input Wikidata ID resolved to Q990823. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzepin ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzepin_(ville).",
  "rank": 1431,
  "slug": "rzepin"
}