{
  "place_id": "shchetsynek#7983_10927",
  "wikidata": "Q848999",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Szczecinek",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Szczecinek",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Neustettin",
          "why": "Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Szczecinek",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Neustettin",
          "why": "German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Szczecinek is a town in West Pomeranian Voivodeship between lakes in northern Poland. A castle and waterside park recall its history as a Pomeranian ducal town.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Szczecinek is distinct from the much larger city Szczecin.",
  "rank": 267,
  "slug": "szczecinek"
}