{
  "place_id": "skvezhyna#7922_10861",
  "wikidata": "Q994585",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Skwierzyna",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Skwierzyna",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Schwerin an der Warthe",
          "why": "German historical name used in English accounts of the place before 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schwerin (Warthe)",
          "why": "Parenthetical historical German form distinguishing it from Schwerin in Mecklenburg."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schwerin",
          "why": "Short German historical name; ambiguous without the Warta context."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Skwierzyna",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Schwerin an der Warthe",
          "why": "German historical form retained in French citations."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Skwierzyna is a town in western Poland's Lubusz region. It lies near the meeting of the Obra and Warta rivers.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Historical Schwerin refers here to the Warta town, not Schwerin in Mecklenburg. Missing input Wikidata ID filled from the settlement reference item Q994585. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skwierzyna ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skwierzyna_(ville).",
  "rank": 1059,
  "slug": "skwierzyna"
}