Untersiggenthal, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Untersiggenthal, 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 Untersiggenthal is in the Baden district and the Aargau canton. It is located in the Limmat valley. The municipality of Untersiggenthal has formed with the merger of Obersiggingen and Untersiggingen. It includes the villages of Ennetturgi and Siggenthal Station, and the Steinebüel hamlet.

Untersiggenthal (as of 2006) has an area of 8.3 km² (3.2 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 33.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 44.3% - forested
 * 18.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 3.8% - non-productive

History
In 833, Untersiggenthal was first mentioned by the name of Sickinga. Untersiggenthal is in the Baden district and the Aargau canton.

The population history of Untersiggenthal is: 1803 - 558 inhabitants 1850 - 989 inhabitants 1900 - 1,073 inhabitants 1950 - 1,890 inhabitants 1970 - 3,854 inhabitants 1975 - 4,155 inhabitants 1980 - 4,588 inhabitants 1990 - 5,338 inhabitants 2000 - 6,092 inhabitants 2020 - 7,229 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 47.6% were Roman Catholic
 * 28.2% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.08% were Christian Catholic Church

In the early 21st century, Untersiggenthal belonged to the Catholic ecclesiastical community of Kirchdorf. In 1953, the church was consecrated. In 1956, the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish was founded. In 1964, the Protestant church was established.

Church Records
Untersiggenthal belongs to the parish of Kirchdorf, located in Obersiggenthal. See Obersiggenthal for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Untersiggenthal:
 * 1837 (images 541-555)
 * 1850: Form A (images 128-151)
 * 1850: Form B (images 152-153)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Untersiggenthal 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)