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# Świecie

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Świecie** — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its native spelling.

Other forms in use:

- **Schwetz** — Historical German name used in English historical writing and archival searches; not the present official name.
- **Schwetz an der Weichsel** — Expanded German historical name, distinguishing this town from similarly named places.
- **Swiecie** — Plain-text form without native diacritics, useful in English indexes and searches; not a separate exonym.

## French name

**Świecie** — Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.

Other forms in use:

- **Schwetz** — German historical name encountered in French writing about Prussia.
- **Swiecie** — Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French.

## About

Świecie is a town near the meeting of the Wda and the Vistula in northern Poland. Its Teutonic castle stands in the river lowlands below the newer town centre.

## Notes

Not Świecie nad Osą, a different settlement. Input label 'Свеце' is Ukrainian or indirect; local\_name gives the native spelling.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q387502](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387502) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/swiecie/?format=json)


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