Küttigen Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Küttigen, 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 Küttigen is in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The municipality is situated between the Aare river and the Jura Mountains. It includes the village of Küttigen and the hamlet of Horen.

Küttigen (as of 2006) has an area of 11.9 km² (4.6 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 36% - agricultural purposes
 * 50.4% - forested
 * 13% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.6% - non-productive (rivers or lakes)

History
In 1036, Küttigen was first mentioned by the name of Chutingen from a 14th century copy of the original. In 1045, it was also mentioned as Chutingun.

The population history of Küttigen is: 1764 - 682 inhabitants 1803 - 1,078 inhabitants 1850 - 1,847 inhabitants 1900 - 2,018 inhabitants 1910 - 2,167 inhabitants 1950 - 2,508 inhabitants 2000 - 5,025 inhabitants 2020 - 6,295 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 24.1% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 54.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.42% belonged to the Christian Catholic faith

In 1534, Bern bought the low jurisdiction with the chapter of Beromünster, which had the church and the village of Küttigen since 1036. The parish, which today still includes Biberstein, carries the name of Kirchberg since 1245 (church probably dedicated to Our -Lady). In the 1530s, Küttigen adopted the Reformation. The Catholics of Küttigen now are part of the Roman Catholic Parish of Aarau.

Church Records
The parish of Kirchberg, located in Küttigen, was established in 1036, and became Reformed in 1528. Biberstein belongs to the parish. Erlinsbach belonged to the parish until 1565.

Original church records are located onsite at the Küttigen municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1555-1601; marriages 1555-1604 (with gaps)
 * Baptisms 1601-1691; burials 1613-1691
 * Baptisms, burials 1691-1748
 * Baptisms, burials Küttigen 1749-1782
 * Baptisms, burials Biberstein 1749-1782
 * Baptisms Küttigen 1781-1818; baptisms non-resident citizens 1769-1860
 * Baptisms Biberstein 1781-1817; baptisms non-resident citizens 1803-1861
 * Baptisms 1817-1842
 * Baptisms 1842-1871
 * Baptisms 1871-1875
 * Marriages 1605-1782; confirmations 1679-1782
 * Marriages 1781-1818; banns 1827-1837
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriage banns 1835-1852
 * Marriages, non-resident citizens 1817-1874
 * Burials Küttigen 1781-1818
 * Burials Biberstein 1781-1818
 * Burials 1817-1864
 * Burials 1864-1875

Post-1875 church records, confirmation records post 1782, and the following family books are found onsite at the Küttigen municipal archive:
 * Family book, Küttigen 1818-1842 (No. 1-121)
 * Family book, Küttigen 1818-1835 (No. 121-233)
 * Family book, Biberstein 1818-1828
 * Family book, Biberstein 1834-1847

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Küttigen:
 * 1837 (images 309-343)
 * 1850: Form A (images 318-361)
 * 1850: Form B (images 362-363)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Küttigen 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)