Waltenschwil Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Waltenschwil Parish, 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 Waltenschwil is in the Muri district and the Aargau canton. It is located on the right bank of the Bünz valley. On the left bank, the hamlet of Büelisacher was included in the municipality in 1798.

Waltenschwil (as of 2009) has an area of 4.56 km² (1.76 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 56.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 20.8% - forested
 * 22.6% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.4% - rivers or lakes

History
Waltenschwil was first mentioned by the names of Waltoswil and Walteswil. Waltenschwil is in the Muri district and the Aargau canton.

The hamlet of Büelisacher merged into the municipality of Waltenschwil in 1798.

The population history of Waltenschwil is: 1850 - 684 inhabitants 1900 - 586 inhabitants 1950 - 683 inhabitants 1975 - 1,166 inhabitants 1980 - 1,207 inhabitants 1990 - 1,727 inhabitants 2000 - 2,038 inhabitants 2020 - 3,053 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 62.7% were Roman Catholic
 * 23.6% were Swiss Reformed Church

In 1516, the Saint-Nicolas chapel was built. It was a Catholic parish subsidiary of Boswil. In 1800, the parish of Waltenschwil was built. In 1837, a new church was built.

Church Records
The parish of Waltenschwil was a filial church of Boswil until 1800, when it became an independent parish. The parish church is called St. Nikolaus. For earlier records, see Boswil.

The following church records, as well as all post-1875 church records, are available onsite in the Waltenschwil parish church office:
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Marriages 1818-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1865
 * Burials 1817-1875

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Waltenschwil:
 * 1837 (images 501-511)
 * 1850: Form A (images 86-101)
 * 1850: Form B (image 102)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Waltenschwil 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)