{
  "place_id": "zdzeshovitse#7801_11006",
  "wikidata": "Q1002944",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Zdzieszowice",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zdzieszowice",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Deschowitz",
          "why": "German historical name, used before the Nazi-period change to Odertal in 1936."
        },
        {
          "name": "Odertal",
          "why": "German name imposed in 1936 and used until 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Odertal O.S.",
          "why": "Qualified German historical form; O.S. stands for Oberschlesien, Upper Silesia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Źdźyszowicy",
          "why": "Silesian local name quoted in English geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zdzyszowicy",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Źdźyszowicy for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Zdzieszowice",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Deschowitz",
          "why": "German historical name used in French regional history; current French reference usage retains the Polish name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Odertal",
          "why": "Nazi-period German name, imposed in 1936 and used until 1945; French historical retrieval only."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zdzieszowice is an industrial town near the Oder in Poland's Opole region. It is associated with coke production and lies near the hills around Saint Anne's Mountain.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdzieszowice ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdzieszowice.",
  "rank": 934,
  "slug": "zdzieszowice"
}