If it was always called Olzstyn in Polish I stand corrected I was perhaps confusing it with Ketrzyn formerly Ranstenburg Is this a transliteration into Polish of Allenstein as Frombork is a transliteration of Frauenburg However before 1945 the town was known to non Poles as Allenstein as a glance at any contemporary travel guide will attest Witness also the League of Nations plebiscite in southern East Prussia which as shorthand was referred to as the Allenstein district Cf Churchill s memoirs The plebiscite there in 1920 produced 97 8 percent 362 209 votes for Germany and 2 2 percent 7 980 votes for Poland 10 These are facts widely reported at the time and cited in countless historical accounts since then By the way it would be interesting to know what happened to the Masurians who used to live there User sca