Wojciech of Kentszyński (old name transfer - Wojtech Kętrzynski , Polish. Wojciech Kętrzyński , birth name Adalbert von Winkler , German; Adalbert von Winkler ; July 11, 1838 , Lets, Prussia - January 15, 1918 , Lviv ) - Polish historian .
| Wojciech Kentszyński | |
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| polish Wojciech Kętrzyński | |
 Fragment of the monument at the grave of Wojciech Kentszyński at Lychakiv cemetery (Lviv). | |
| Date of Birth | July 11, 1838 |
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| Date of death | January 15, 1918 (aged 79) |
| Place of death | Lviv |
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| Scientific field | story |
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Biography
From the Germanized Kashubian clan (father adopted the name von Winkler in 1821). At the university, Adalbert von Winkler, raised as a German, adopted the Polish national identity and changed his surname to the original in the family (Kentszynski). Kentszynski was an activist of the Polish movement in Prussia , in Masuria . Then he moved to Austria-Hungary.
Director of the famous Lviv Institute of Ossolinsky . From his writings are known: "Die Sygier" ( 1868 ); "Nazwy miejscowe Prus zachodnich, wschodnich i Pomorza" ( 1879 ); "Katalog rękopisów bibljoteki Ossolińskich" ( 1881 - 1886 ).
After the Second World War, in honor of Ketrzynski, the city of Rastenburg in the former East Prussia was renamed Ketrzyn (1946).
He was buried at the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv.
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119343304 // General Normative Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
Literature
- Kentrzhinsky, Vojtech // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.