Zürich Predigern Parish, Zürich, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Predigern Parish, Zürich, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Geography
The parish of Predigern was established in 1614 from the church parish of Grossmünster. Predigern served portions of the city of Zürich, as well as the civil parishes of Fluntern, Oberstrass, Unterstrass, and Wipkingen. Wipkingen was established as an independent church parish in 1865.

Surrounding Parishes
Affoltern bei Zürich Dübendorf Neumünster Sankt Peter Schwamendingen Wipkingen Zürich

Church Records
Predigern records are available from 1553-1875. These records are available online in color from the Zürich city archive. They can be accessed here.

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

Some censuses are listed under the filial parishes that belonged to Predigern. The following censuses are available for the entire church parish of Predigern:

Additionally, census records exist for the following portions of Predigern parish:

For Spanweid:

For Spital:

Related Sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Zürich