Böbikon, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Böbikon, 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 Böbikon is in the Zurzach district and the Aargau canton. It is located 2 km south of the German bordor, in a valley between the Rhine and Surbtal rivers. The municipality includes the town of Böbikon and the hamlets of Rütihof and Güggehü. The municipalities sourrounding Böbikon are Mellikon in the north, Lengnau in the south, Wislikofen in the east, Baldingen in the west, and Rekingen in the north west.

Böbikon (as of 2009) has an area of 2.59 km² (1.00 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 55.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 38.2% - forested
 * 7.3% - settled (buildings or roads)

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

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

The population history of Böbikon is: 1799 - 102 inhabitants 1850 - 269 inhabitants 1900 - 178 inhabitants 1950 - 159 inhabitants 1980 - 119 inhabitants 2000 - 183 inhabitants 2010 - 166 inhabitants 2020 - 165 inhabitants 2021 - 164 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 67.2% were Roman Catholic
 * 23.0% were Swiss Reformed Church

In the 18th century, the St. Blaisen Abbey chapel was mentioned. In 1883, Böbikon became part of the parish of Wislikofen.

Church Records
Böbikon belonged to the parish of Wislikofen until 1883. See Wislikofen for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Böbikon:
 * 1837 (images 538-542)
 * 1850: Form A (images 387-393)
 * 1850: Form B (image 394)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Böbikon 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)