Rümikon, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Rümikon, 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 former municipality of Rümikon is in the Zurzach district and the Aargau canton. It is located between the Rhine river and the Jura mountains. It includes of the linear village of Rümikon.

Rümikon (as of 2009) has an area of 2.9 km² (1.1 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 41.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 44.8% - forested
 * 8.6% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 6.6% - rivers or lakes

History
In 1113, Rümikon was first mentioned by the name of Ruminchon. Rümikon is in the Zurzach district and the Aargau canton.

Rümikon merged into the Zurzach municipality on 1 January 2022. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Bad Zurzach
 * Baldingen
 * Böbikon
 * Kaiserstuhl
 * Rekingen
 * Rietheim
 * Wislikofen

The population history of Rümikon is: 1850 - 269 inhabitants 1900 - 199 inhabitants 1950 - 193 inhabitants 1980 - 166 inhabitants 1990 - 201 inhabitants 2000 - 227 inhabitants 2010 - 242 inhabitants 2020 - 352 inhabitants 2021 - 359 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 44.1% were Roman Catholic
 * 33.5% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 1.76% were Christian Catholic Church

In 1857, Rümikon belonged to the Wislikofen parish. Until 1857, Rümikon belonged the Schneisingen parish. in 1710, the Anna chapel was built. It was renovated in 1797, and then again in 1973.

Church Records
Rümikon belonged to the parish of Schneisingen until 1887, when it was transferred to Wislikofen. See Wislikofen and Schneisingen for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Rümikon:
 * 1837 (images 719-723)
 * 1850: Form A (images 713-719)
 * 1850: Form B (image 720)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Central Swiss Society for Family History (ZGF)