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# Gryfów Śląski

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Gryfów Śląski** — Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.

Other forms in use:

- **Greiffenberg** — Historical German name used in English regional history; not the present Polish civic name.
- **Greiffenberg in Schlesien** — Qualified German historical name distinguishing it from namesakes.
- **Gryfów** — Short Polish form used in English reference prose.
- **Gryphimontium** — Latin historical name indexed in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Gryfogóra** — Early postwar Polish name before adoption of Gryfów Śląski.
- **Gryfiogóra** — Variant early postwar Polish name explicitly recorded in English history.
- **Gryfow Slaski** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Gryfów Śląski for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Gryfow** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Gryfów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Gryfogora** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Gryfogóra for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Gryfiogora** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Gryfiogóra for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## French name

**Gryfów Śląski** — Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.

Other forms in use:

- **Greiffenberg** — German historical name explicitly recorded in the French locality reference; used for the town’s earlier history.
- **Greiffenberg in Schlesien** — Qualified German name explicitly indexed in French naming data.
- **Gryfów** — Short Polish form indexed in French naming data; fuller heading above.
- **Gryphimontium** — Latin historical name indexed in French naming data; prose frequency unverified.
- **Gryfow Slaski** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Gryfów Śląski for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Gryfow** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Gryfów for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## About

Gryfów Śląski is a town on the Kwisa River in southwestern Poland. Its old town and the nearby ruins of Gryf Castle reflect its medieval Silesian history.

## Notes

Empty Wikidata resolved to Q988179. Gryfów Śląski has a space; Ukrainian input hyphen is not copied into the Polish name. Medieval origins and exact town-charter dates remain disputed and are omitted. Empty input Wikidata ID resolved to Q988179. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryfów\_Śląski ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryfów\_Śląski.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q988179](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q988179) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/gryfow-slaski/?format=json)


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