{
  "place_id": "zbonshyn#7902_10884",
  "wikidata": "Q168905",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Zbąszyń",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zbąszyń",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bentschen",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English regional history; not the current Polish civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sbansin",
          "why": "Medieval documentary spelling quoted in English locality history; not a modern exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zbaszyn",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Zbąszyń for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Zbąszyń",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bentschen",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly used in the French locality reference, rather than a current French civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zbaszyn",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Zbąszyń for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zbąszyń is a town on the Obra River beside Lake Błędno in Greater Poland. Its position near the former German border made it an important railway and frontier town.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Empty input Wikidata ID resolved to Q168905. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbąszyń ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbąszyń.",
  "rank": 1305,
  "slug": "zbaszyn"
}