{
  "place_id": "skochuv#7767_11044",
  "wikidata": "Q987786",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Skoczów",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Skoczów",
      "why": "The official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its Polish spelling; no romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Skotschau",
          "why": "German historical name used in English histories of Austrian Silesia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Skočov",
          "why": "Czech name used in English accounts of the Cieszyn border region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Skoczow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free search and plain-text spelling of the local Latin name; not a separate official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Skoczów",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Skotschau",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly given in the French reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Skočov",
          "why": "Czech name explicitly identified in the French reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Skoczow",
          "why": "Same local name without its diacritics, useful in French indexes, URLs and plain-text sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Skoczów is a town on the upper Vistula in Cieszyn Silesia, southern Poland. It lies near the Beskid foothills and is associated with the martyr John Sarkander.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 721,
  "slug": "skoczow"
}