{
  "place_id": "shubin#7944_10985",
  "wikidata": "Q999598",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Szubin",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Szubin",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Schubin",
          "why": "German historical name used in English accounts of the place before 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Altburgund",
          "why": "German occupation-era name during the Second World War."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Szubin",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Schubin",
          "why": "German historical name recorded in French references on the town and its pre-1945 history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Altburgund",
          "why": "German occupation name recorded in French historical accounts."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Szubin is a town southwest of Bydgoszcz in north-central Poland. It lies in the historical Pałuki region and has the ruins of a medieval castle.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szubin ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szubin.",
  "rank": 1021,
  "slug": "szubin"
}