Endingen, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Endingen, 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 Endingen is in the Zurzach district and the Aargau canton. It is located in the Surb river valley. The municipality includes the haufendorf village (unplanned and closely packed village built around a central square) of Endingen and the hamlet of Loohof.

Endingen (as of 2009) has an area of 8.46 km² (3.27 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 44.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 45.4% - forested
 * 9.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.4% - rivers or lakes

History
In 798, Endingen was first mentioned by the name of Entingas. Until 1945 as Oberendingen. Endingen is in the Zurzach district and the Aargau canton.

On 1 January 2014, the municipality of Unterendingen merged into the Endingen municipality.

The population history of Endingen is: 1799 - 1,122 inhabitants 1850 - 1,941 inhabitants 1860 - 1,768 inhabitants 1870 - 1,650 inhabitants 1880 - 1,456 inhabitants 1890 - 1,237 inhabitants 1900 - 1,121 inhabitants 1910 - 1,003 inhabitants 1920 - 1,066 inhabitants 1930 - 1,036 inhabitants 1940 - 1,006 inhabitants 1950 - 1,082 inhabitants 1960 - 1,041 inhabitants 1970 - 1,161 inhabitants 1980 - 1,503 inhabitants 1990 - 1,539 inhabitants 2000 - 1,766 inhabitants 2020 - 1,766 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 51.6% were Roman Catholic
 * 31.9% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * PERCENT% were Orthodox Church
 * 0.23% were Christian Catholic Church

In 1764, the Jewish Synagogue was built. It was rebuilt in 1852. The Endingen village only built a Jewish synagogue. The Christian residents traveled to churches in neighboring villages. Since 1661, the Catholics in Endingen belonged to the Unterendingen parish. The Reformation members belonged to the Tegerfelden parish.

Church Records
Catholics in Endingen belong to the parish of Unterendingen; Reformed residents belong to the parish of Tegerfelden. See Unterendingen and Tegerfelden for more information.

Along with Lengnau, Endingen had a sizable Jewish population.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Endingen (known as Oberendingen until 1945):
 * 1837 (images 622-632)
 * 1837: Jewish residents (image 589-599)
 * 1850: Form A (images 441-486)
 * 1850: Form B (images 487-489)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Endingen 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)