Rozdol — Kestler / Kessler ancestral town

Rozdol was a small Galician town where the older Kestler family records begin. Mincze / Mina Kestler, later Kessler, was born or registered here in the mid-19th century. Her parents were David Wolf Kestler and Chaje / Chaia Graupen. Several related Kestler siblings and branches are associated with Rozdol before many descendants moved to Drohobycz, Boryslaw, Vienna and later farther afield. Rozdol was part of Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and had a substantial Jewish community during the 19th century.

Rozdol, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine