Mühlau, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Mühlau, 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 Mühlau is in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The municipality is situated on a southern ridge of the Wagenrain above the Reuss. It includes the linear village of Mühlau and the hamlets of Kestenberg, Schoren, and Krähenbühl.

Mühlau (as of 2009) has an area of 5.52 km² (2.13 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 69.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 13.2% - forested
 * 10.9% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 3.1% - either rivers or lakes
 * 2.7% - non-productive

History
In 1274, Mühlau was first mentioned by the name of Mulnowe.

The population history of Mühlau is: 1850 - 347 inhabitants 1900 - 586 inhabitants 1950 - 580 inhabitants 1980 - 632 inhabitants 1990 - 815 inhabitants 2000 - 980 inhabitants 2020 - 1,218 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 68.0% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 16.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

It belonged to the parish of Sins, though the hamlets of Schoren and Kestenberg were part of the Merenschwand parish. In 1582, the St. Anna Chapel was dedicated. In 1852-53, the current parish church of St. Anna was constructed. Mühlau was raised to the status of a parish in 1878.

Church Records
Mühlau belonged to the parish of Sins until 1878, when it became an independent parish. See Sins for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Mühlau:
 * 1837 (images 552-557)
 * 1850: Form A (images 782-789)
 * 1850: Form B (image 790)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Mühlau 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)