Zawiercie

A settlement in Poland.

English name

Zawiercie — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.

Other forms in use:

Warthenau — German occupation name imposed during the Second World War, 1941–1945; not a current name.

Zawiercie — Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.

Other forms in use:

Warthenau — Nazi occupation name used in French histories and archival references for 1941–1945.

Zawiercie is an industrial city in Silesian Voivodeship on the Warta. It stands near the limestone uplands of the Kraków–Częstochowa region.