Leimbach, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Leimbach, Aargau, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The municipality of Leimbach is in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The municipality is situated in the Kulm district, in the upper Wynental.

Leimbach (as of 2009) has an area of 1.15 km² (0.44 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 50.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 31.3% - forested
 * 15.7% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1300, Leimbach was first mentioned by the name of Leimbach.

The population history of Leimbach is: 1558 - 10 inhabitants 1764 - 91 inhabitants 1850 - 224 inhabitants 1900 - 238 inhabitants 1950 - 249 inhabitants 2000 - 409 inhabitants 2020 - 489 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 19.1% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 66.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Starting in 1415 Leimbach was under Berner jurisdiction. At the request of Bern, it seperated in 1528 from the Catholic parish of Pfeffikon and in 1529 joined the Reformed parish of Reinach.

Church Records
Leimbach belongs to the parish of Reinach. See Reinach for more information.

Census
(See here for information regarding Aargau census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Leimbach:
 * 1837 (images 535-538)
 * 1850: Form A (images 5-10)
 * 1850: Form B (image 11)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Leimbach prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Bern (GHGB)