Elamur LocationsZgorzelec
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Zgorzelec — Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.
Other forms in use:
- Görlitz — Name of the historic undivided town; today usually denotes the German municipality across the river.
- Goerlitz — ASCII rendering of Görlitz in historical references.
- Görlitz-Ost — Historical designation for the eastern part of Görlitz, now Zgorzelec.
French name
Zgorzelec — Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.
Other forms in use:
- Görlitz — Historical name of the undivided town; in present French usage usually the German city.
- Goerlitz — French plain-text rendering of the German name.
About
Zgorzelec is a Polish town on the Lusatian Neisse opposite Görlitz in Germany. It grew from the eastern part of a historic town divided by the postwar border.
Notes
Zgorzelec and Görlitz are separate present-day municipalities; Görlitz should not replace Zgorzelec on a current map. Input label 'Згожелець' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form. Wikidata ID missing in input, supplied after checking https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147929 and the town article link.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q147929 · JSON
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