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Abbot Erhard Kastler

By Curt Kastler

Created: March 18, 2019
Edited: January 14, 2021

Erhard Kastler was the chief abbot of St. Bernard monastery in Switzerland from 1512 to 1525.

Kastler Loch

By Curt Kastler

Created: September 22, 2018
Edited: January 14, 2021

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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…

The Clans
Learn about the various Kastler families. At the moment only larger families are listed. Smaller families will be added soon.
April 19, 2020
Bohemian Kastlers
This is the story from Ambros Kastler. He was born in 1953 and grew up in Klam, Austria, a small town north of the Danube – around 50 km from Linz. After his school days he studied German and geography and was a teacher in a secondary school for 40 years. As of the date…
February 3, 2021
The Earliest Kastlers
These are the earliest known Kastlers by this author who have been mentioned in a document or church records. Persons who are known to have existed earlier than when the church books were starting to be used, typically the mid 1600’s, are considered by me to be rare. It’s unfortunate that church records do not…
November 8, 2017
Kastler.net Email
Get your own email address with kastler.net.
May 29, 2020