Ulrich Mayer, called Castler
A document from circa 1540 of the abby of Söflingen, pertaining to a village called Burlafingen, near the city of Ulm showing a possible alternate meaning for the name “Kastler”.
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What is Swabia?
Swabia’s name is derived from that of the Suebi, a Germanic people who, with the Alemanni, occupied the upper Rhine and upper Danube region in the 3rd century AD and spread south to Lake Constance and east to the Lech River. Known first as Alemannia, the region was called Swabia from the 11th century. The…
Petrus Kastler (~1420-1493)
Petrus was presented as Minister of Thalfingen on July 15, 1455. His epitaph of red marble is located in the Benedictine monastary of Elchingen, near Ulm.