Birrenlauf, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Birrenlauf (later Schinznach Bad), 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 Birrenlauf is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

The former municipality of Schinznach-Bad is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

Schinznach-Bad (as of 2009) has an area of 1.9 km² (0.73 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 5.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 38.9% - forested
 * 45.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 9.5% - rivers or lakes
 * 0.5% - non-productive

History
In 1254, Schinznach-Bad was first mentioned by the name of Birreloft. Schinznach-Bad is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton. Until 1937, the official name of Schinznach-Bad was Birrenlauf.

On 1 January 2020, the municipality of Schinznach-Bad merged into Brugg.

The population history of Birrenlauf is: 1764 - 90 inhabitants 1850 - 210 inhabitants 1900 - 149 inhabitants

The population history of Schinznach-Bad is: 1950 - 450 inhabitants 1975 - 1,075 inhabitants 1980 - 962 inhabitants 1990 - 1,202 inhabitants 2000 - 1,248 inhabitants 2010 - 1,218 inhabitants 2019 - 1,350 inhabitants 2020 - 1,346 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 27.7% were Roman Catholic
 * 40.5% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.16% were Christian Catholic Church

Birrenlauf depended on Windisch spiritually. Then on Birr around 1500. In 1881, the chapel of the baths was built.

Church Records
Birrenlauf belongs to the parish of Birr. See Birr for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Birrenlauf:
 * 1837 (images 193-197)
 * 1850: Form A (images 48-53)
 * 1850: Form B (image 54)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Birrenlauf 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)