{
  "place_id": "vitnytsia#7926_10827",
  "wikidata": "Q988636",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Witnica",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Witnica",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vietz",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English regional history; not the present Polish civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vietz in Ostbrandenburg",
          "why": "Qualified historical German form explicitly printed in the English reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vietz/Mark Brandenburg",
          "why": "Qualified German form indexed in English naming data; prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Witnica Gorzowska",
          "why": "Qualified Polish retrieval name distinguishing this town from other Witnica localities."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Witnica",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vietz",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly recorded in the French locality reference; used for the town’s earlier history."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Witnica is a town west of Gorzów Wielkopolski in western Poland. It lies near the Warta valley in the historical borderland between Lubusz Land and Brandenburg.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Empty input Wikidata ID resolved to Q988636. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witnica ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witnica_(ville).",
  "rank": 1424,
  "slug": "witnica"
}