Fischbach-Göslikon Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Fischbach-Göslikon 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 municipality of Fischbach-Göslikon is in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located on the left bank of the Reuss river and along the Bremgarten-Mellingen road. It includes the villages of Fischbach and Göslikon which merged in 1798 and since then have physically grown together.

Fischbach-Göslikon (as of 2006) has an area of 3.1 km² (1.2 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 52.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 19.4% - forested
 * 16.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 11.6% - non-productive (rivers or lakes)

History
In the first half of the 12th century, Fischbach-Göslikon was first mentioned by the name of Visbach und Fischbach. It was mentioned as Cohelinchon in 1159 and in 1179, as Cozlinchon.

In 1798, Fischbach and Göslikon were merged, though the Ortsbürger communities remained separate until 1997.

The population history of Fischbach-Göslikon is: 1798 - 341 inhabitants 1850 - 569 inhabitants 1900 - 392 inhabitants 1920 - 331 inhabitants 1950 - 389 inhabitants 1980 - 633 inhabitants 1990 - 963 inhabitants 2000 - 1,254 inhabitants 2020 - 1,672 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 56.5% were Roman Catholic
 * 28.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.16% belonged to the Christian Catholic Church

The parish church was dedicated in 1048 and at least from 1159, it was part of the Muri Abbey. In 1360, Fischbach-Göslikon came under the authority of the Spital Baden. Between 1529-31, the Protestant Reformation was adopted by Fischbach-Göslikon, though today more of the population remains Roman Catholic. In 1671-72, a new church was consturcted and in 1757-60 it was refurbished in the Rococo style. A new chapel was built next to the church in 1709.

Church Records
The parish of Fischbach-Göslikon was first mentioned in 1048. It was briefly Reformed between 1529-1531. The parish church is Mariä Himmelfahrt.

Original church records are located onsite at the Fischbach-Göslikon municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1649-1802 (with gaps); marriages 1649-1802; burials 1649-1746; confirmations 1654-1753
 * Baptisms, marriages 1803-1844; burials 1746-1844; confirmations 1768-1865
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1866
 * Burials 1817-1875

The following church record is only available onsite at the Fischbach-Göslikon municipal archive:
 * Baptisms 1817-1875; confirmations 1875-1912

Post-1875 church records are found onsite at the [www.kath-fischbach-goeslikon.ch Fischbach-Göslikon parish church office].

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Fischbach-Göslikon:
 * 1837 (images 141-148)
 * 1850: Form A (images 407-421)
 * 1850: Form B (image 422)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Fischbach-Göslikon 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)