{
  "place_id": "stshelin#7821_10948",
  "wikidata": "Q719954",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Strzelin",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Strzelin",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Strehlen",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English accounts of the town before its transfer to Poland in 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Střelín",
          "why": "Czech name quoted in English accounts of the Silesian border region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Strelin",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Střelín for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Strzelin",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Strehlen",
          "why": "German name used in French histories of Silesia and the fighting of 1945."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Strzelin is a town on the Oława south of Wrocław in Lower Silesia. Granite quarrying is a defining local industry, while surviving churches recall the town's medieval origins.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 813,
  "slug": "strzelin"
}