{
  "place_id": "velen#7938_10898",
  "wikidata": "Q988612",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Wieleń",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Wieleń",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Filehne",
          "why": "German historical name used in English accounts of the locality before 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Deutsch Filehne",
          "why": "Historical German municipality north of the Noteć, 1927–1937; only part of today’s town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wieleń nad Notecią",
          "why": "Qualified Polish name in locality naming data; means Wieleń on the Noteć."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wielen",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Wieleń for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wielen nad Notecia",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Wieleń nad Notecią for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Wieleń",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Filehne",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly printed in French locality history; not the current French heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wielen",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Wieleń for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Wieleń is a town on the Noteć River in western Poland. The river once divided it between Poland and Germany, while its older landmarks include a Baroque church and palace.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Deutsch Filehne referred to the separate north-bank municipality, not the whole modern Wieleń. River divided the town between Poland and Germany in the interwar period. Empty input Wikidata ID resolved to Q988612. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieleń ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieleń.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1554,
  "slug": "wielen"
}