Eptingen, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Eptingen, 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 Eptingen is in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. It is located at the foot of Belchen mountain in the Diegter valley.

Eptingen (as of 2009) has an area of 11.19 km² (4.32 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 47.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 47.6% - forested
 * 5.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.1% - either rivers or lakes
 * 0.3% - non-productive

History
In 1145, Eptingen was first mentioned by the name of Ebittingen.

The population history of Eptingen is: 1774 - 378 inhabitants 1850 - 787 inhabitants 1860 - 781 inhabitants 1870 - 775 inhabitants 1880 - 682 inhabitants 1888 - 720 inhabitants 1900 - 657 inhabitants 1910 - 600 inhabitants 1920 - 637 inhabitants 1930 - 640 inhabitants 1941 - 561 inhabitants 1950 - 556 inhabitants 1960 - 553 inhabitants 1970 - 534 inhabitants 1980 - 499 inhabitants 1990 - 532 inhabitants 2000 - 566 inhabitants 2021 - 544 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 15.7% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 66.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.71% belonged to an Orthodox church
 * 0.53% belonged to another Christian church
 * 6.36% belonged to the Islamic faith

In the Middle Ages, Eptingen was an independent parish. As a result of the Reformation, it became part of Diegten parish. First described in 1693 by Theodor Zwinger, Eptingen is known for its mineral water.

Church Records
During the Middle Ages, Eptingen was an independent parish. When the area became Reformed in the 1520s, Eptingen became part of the parish of Diegten. For church records, see Diegten.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Eptingen:
 * 1815 (images 383-398)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Eptingen 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)