Fürstenau, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Fürstenau / Farschno, Graubünden, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
Fürstenau is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the canton of Graubünden. Before 2017, the municipality was situated in the Domleschg sub-district of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region. It includes the village of Fürstenau and Fürstenaubruck, on the right side of the valley. Fürstenau (as of 2006) had an area of 1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 52.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 32.3% - forested
 * 9.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 6.2% - unproductive land

History
In 1257, Fürstenau was first mentioned by the name of Fúrstenowo and Furstinowe. The Fürstenau municipality is in the Graubünden canton.

The population history of Fürstenau is: 1803 - 107 inhabitants 1850 - 304 inhabitants 1900 - 235 inhabitants 1950 - 253 inhabitants 1980 - 198 inhabitants 2000 - 198 inhabitants 2020 - 311 inhabitants

In 1354, the church of St. Michael and George (later Epiphany) was mentioned.

Church Records
Fürstenau is part of the parish of Scharans. See Scharans for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Fürstenau:
 * 1835
 * 1838
 * 1848
 * 1850
 * 1850, form C

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876.

Duplicate civil registration registers are located at the Graubünden State Archives. The following records are available:
 * Both A and B registers are available through 1916-1917 and are open without restriction.
 * Family registers are available from at latest 1860 through 1910; these records are viewable but require permission to access. For more information, contact the State Archive.

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Graubünden

Societies
Rätische Vereinigung für Familienforschung (RVFF)

Società Genealogica della Svizzera italiana (SGSI)