  The cities are the same through the ages, but they have different names in different languages. In my opinion if a reader looks at the name of Thorn he/she will think that the city disapeared, was destroyed or something.  As Poland was occupied by several German states all Polish cities have a German name but it is very unpolite to use them today. And IMHO this is in violation of NPOV policies.  7:11, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)