Muttenz Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Muttenz Parish, Basel-Landschaft, 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 Muttenz is in the Arlesheim district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. It is located between the Rütihard and Wartenberg hills. The growth area extends along the Rhine river.

Muttenz (as of 2009) has an area of 16.64 km² (6.42 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 16.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 40.6% - forested
 * 41.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.0% - rivers or lakes
 * 0.1% - non-productive

History
In 1225, Muttenz was first mentioned by the name of Muttence. In 1277 as Muttenza. Muttenz is in the Arlesheim district and the Basel-Landschaft canton.

The population history of Muttenz is: 1585 - 360 inhabitants 1770 - 850 inhabitants 1850 - 2,222 inhabitants 1860 - 1,704 inhabitants 1870 - 1,734 inhabitants 1880 - 2,057 inhabitants 1888 - 2,102 inhabitants 1900 - 2,502 inhabitants 1910 - 2,703 inhabitants 1920 - 3,264 inhabitants 1930 - 4,966 inhabitants 1941 - 5,929 inhabitants 1950 - 7,125 inhabitants 1960 - 11,963 inhabitants 1970 - 15,518 inhabitants 1980 - 16,911 inhabitants 1990 - 17,181 inhabitants 2000 - 16,654 inhabitants 2021 - 18,020 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 29.1% were Roman Catholic
 * 42.8% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.81% were Orthodox Church
 * 0.26% were Christian Catholic Church
 * 4.26% were Other Christian Church

After 1356, the Saint-Arbogast church was rebuilt. Muttenz belonged to the St. John chapel at Basel Cathedral for baptisms and major feasts.

Church Records
The parish of Muttenz dates to the 6th-8th century, and became Reformed in 1529. It included Birsfelden until 1867. Parish records for Muttenz are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 28 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1624-1891 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1624-1936 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1624-1903 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1674-1875 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1731-1903 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

Census
(See here for information regarding Basel-Landschaft census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Muttenz:
 * 1815 (images 626-659)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Basel-Landschaft

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Region Basel (GHGRB)