Drohobycz — Kessler and Heimberg Galician roots

Drohobycz, today Drohobych in Ukraine, was the birthplace of David Leib Kessler on 3 January 1889. Before the First World War it lay in eastern Galicia, within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Kessler, Zuckerberg and Heimberg families were closely connected with Drohobycz and nearby Boryslaw. The area became a boomtown after the exploitation of oil and ozokerite beginning around 1860 and attracted many Jewish families. Ester Debra Kessler and Aron Heimberg lived here and their children, including George, David, Regina, Antonia, Henry, Herman and Charles Heimberg, were born in Drohobycz before later migrations to Vienna and the United States.

Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine