director (1876) of the Ossolineum Library in Lwów (Lemberg), then capital of the Kingdom of Galicia in Austria-Hungary. Kętrzyński died there during World War I and was buried at the Łyczaków Cemetery. Legacy In recognition of his deeds after World War II, the town of Rastenburg in Masuria, after conquest by the Soviets, () was renamed Kętrzyn after Kętrzyński in 1946. In Olsztyn a scientific institute was established named after him in 1963, called Ośrodka Badań Naukowych im. Wojciecha Kętrzyńskiego. Its primary mission is to document and research the history of Masurians and their culture in Warmia and Masuria, concentrating on their efforts to oppose Germanization. Another important subject of its research is the structure and administration of Royal Prussia. He was the father of Stanisław Kętrzyński. Works "Szkice Prus Wschodnich" zamieszczone w "Przewodniku Naukowym i Literackim" Lwów 1876. "Nazwy miejscowe polskie Prus Zachodnich, Wschodnich i Pomorza wraz z ich przezwiskami niemieckimi" Lwów 1879. "Gazeta polska z początku XVIII w.(Poczta Królewiecka 1718-1720) Lwów 1880. "Aus dem Liederbuch eines Germanisierten (1854-1862)" 1883 - confiscated by Prussian and Austrian authorities. "O ludności polskiej w Prusiech niegdyś krzyżackich" Lwów 1882. "O powołaniu Krzyżaków przez księcia Konrada" Saint Petersburg 1903. References External links Museum in Kętrzyn Ośrodek Badań Naukowych im. Wojciecha Kętrzyńskiego w Olsztynie 1838 births 1918 deaths People from Giżycko People from the Province of Prussia 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Polish librarians Polish people of German descent University of Königsberg alumni Burials at Lychakiv Cemetery January Uprising participants Poles - political prisoners in the Prussian partition 19th-century Polish historians