{
  "place_id": "shamotuly#7922_10920",
  "wikidata": "",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Szamotuły",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Szamotuły",
      "why": "Polish official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Samter",
          "why": "German historical name used in English history and genealogy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szamotuly",
          "why": "Polish spelling with ł replaced by l."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Szamotuły",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Samter",
          "why": "German historical name encountered in French historical references to the former Prussian province of Posen."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szamotuly",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Szamotuły is a town northwest of Poznań in Greater Poland. The Górka castle complex and its tower preserve traces of the region’s noble families.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "No Wikidata identifier was supplied; left empty. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 534,
  "slug": "szamotuly"
}