Abbot Erhard Kastler
Erhard Kastler was the chief abbot of St. Bernard monastery in Switzerland from 1512 to 1525.
Erhard Kastler was the chief abbot of St. Bernard monastery in Switzerland from 1512 to 1525.
Henri Kastler, founding member of the Academy of Philately, and was (1st) President from December 19th, 1928 to January 13th, 1957.
Detroit architect Joseph Kastler was well known among his peers. He designed many buildings around the Detroit area.
The sons of Nicholas Kastler and Helen Kinzer, Philip and Adam Kastler, were involved in the hat wear industry in the latter 19th century Chicago.
Kastler Court in New Milford, New Jersey, was named after Private Carl H. Kastler, born April 15, 1896.
Restaurant Chastenloch Several years ago this postcard came to me from eBay. The text on it reads: “Kastler Loch (Canton Appenzell)”. I was able to locate the current establishment, and wrote them regarding the postcard. They said that the name Chastenloch probably comes from the name Kastler Loch, when the original Kast family lived in…
When I was young I never gave my name a second thought. After I started into my 20’s, I remember talking with my grandpa Charlie (Charles Jr.) about our Kastler family, usually over a great barbequed cheeseburger, with fresh Iceburg lettuce, homegrown Beefsteak tomatoes, and heavy on the ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise.
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.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1966 was awarded to Alfred Kastler “for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms.”
DNA testing can enhance existing family research by confirming paper trails and family stories. For some however, it’s the fun of finding out genetic makeup, and where their distant ancestors came from.
These are Kastlers and Kastelers that have been recognized somehow during the process of research, and hold the top spots to date.
True German surnames are primarily going to be the ancestor’s personal attributes, where they came from, or their profession.
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”.
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…
An account of the visit between William V. Kastler and Professor Alfred Kastler in October of 1973 in Los Angeles, California.