Niederlenz, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Niederlenz, 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 Niederlenz is in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The municipality is situated along the Aabach stream and on the neighboring terrace. It includes the linear village of Niederlenz.

Niederlenz (as of 2009) has an area of 3.3 km² (1.3 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 29.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 25.8% - forested
 * 43.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.6% - either rivers or lakes
 * 0.3% - non-productive

History
In 924, Niederlenz was first mentioned by the name of de Lencis. In 1261-64, it was also mentioned by the name of Nider-Lenz.

The population history of Niederlenz is: 1764 - 293 inhabitants 1850 - 779 inhabitants 1900 - 995 inhabitants 1950 - 1,987 inhabitants 2000 - 3,846 inhabitants 2020 - 4,841 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 31.2% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 46.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.05% belonged to the Christian Catholic faith

Originally, it was part of the Staufberg parish. In 1949, the village got its own church and in 1990, became its own parish.

Church Records
Niederlenz belonged to the parish of Staufen until 1990. See Staufen for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Niederlenz:
 * 1837 (images 186-196)
 * 1850: Form A (images 274-292)
 * 1850: Form B (images 293-294)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Niederlenz 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)