Hallwil, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Hallwil, 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 municipality of Hallwil is in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is situated on the left side of the Seetal valley. It includes the linear village of Hallwil.

Hallwil (as of 2009) has an area of 2.19 km² (0.85 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 69.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 12.8% - forested
 * 19.6% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1167, Hallwil was first mentioned by the name of Allewilare. Between 1566-1950, it was officially known as Niederhallwil.

The population history of Hallwil is: 1798 - 396 inhabitants 1850 - 428 inhabitants 1900 - 387 inhabitants 1950 - 508 inhabitants 2000 - 721 inhabitants 2020 - 949 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 23.4% were Roman Catholic
 * 54.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

The tithes, originally received from the Säckingen Abbey, later went to the Lords of Hallwyl who then gave them as a gift to the church of Seengen. In 1528, Bern adopted the Protestant Reformation and Hallwil became part of the Seengen parish.

Church Records
Hallwil belongs to the parish of Seengen. See Seengen for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Hallwil:
 * 1837 (images 178-186)
 * 1850: Form A (images 262-272)
 * 1850: Form B (image 273)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Bern (GHGB)