Teufenthal, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Teufenthal, 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 Teufenthal is in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is situated in the lower Wynental, at the foot of the Trostburg and on the road to the Seetal. Gränichen in the north, Seon in the northeast, Dürrenäsch Unterkulm in the east and south are the neighboring municipalities.

Teufenthal (as of 2004/09) has an area of 3.57 km² (1.38 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 39.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 43.4% - forested
 * 17.2% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1173, Teufenthal was first mentioned by the name of Toufendal.

The population history of Teufenthal is: 1764 - 377 inhabitants 1803 - 457 inhabitants 1850 - 666 inhabitants 1860 - 601 inhabitants 1870 - 584 inhabitants 1880 - 622 inhabitants 1888 - 631 inhabitants 1900 - 537 inhabitants 1910 - 565 inhabitants 1920 - 544 inhabitants 1930 - 694 inhabitants 1941 - 789 inhabitants 1950 - 1060 inhabitants 1960 - 1350 inhabitants 1970 - 1622 inhabitants 1980 - 1564 inhabitants 1990 - 1594 inhabitants 2020 - 1,682 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 23.6% belonged to the Roman Catholic
 * 54.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Spiritually, it has always been part of the parish of Kulm, whose church, in Unterkulm, served until the dedication of the church in Teufenthal in 1979.

Church Records
Teufenthal had belonged to the parish of Kulm until 1979. See Unterkulm for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Teufenthal:
 * 1837 (images 627-636)
 * 1850: Form A (images 242-257)
 * 1850: Form B (image 258)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Teufenthal 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)