Pazen, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Pazen / Patzen, Graubünden, 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 Pazen (Romansh: Pazen) is in the Schams sub-district of the Hinterrhein district and the Graubünden canton. It is located at the foot of the Schamserberg.

History
In 1204, Pazen was first mentioned by the name of Pazens. Pazen (Romansh: Pazen) is in the Hinterrhein district and the Graubünden canton.

In 1875, Pazen (known as Patzen at the time) merged with Farden (known as Fardün at the time) to form the municipality of Patzen-Fardün.

On 1 January 2003, the municipalities of Donath and Patzen-Fardün merged into the Donat municipality. At that same time, the municipality names were converted back to Romansh as follows -
 * Donath becoming Donat
 * Patzen became Pazen
 * Fardün became Farden

The population history of Pazen is: 1835 - 44 inhabitants 1900 - 64 inhabitants 1950 - 64 inhabitants 2000 - 64 inhabitants

Spiritually, Pazen belonged to the church of Saint-Martin in Zillis. In 1407, the Chapelle Saint-Nicolas in Farden was founded. Before 1538, the Reformation was adopted. In 1627, Pazen separated from Zillis to form a parish with Farden, Donat, Casti, and Clugin.

Church Records
Pazen is part of the parish of Donat. See Donat for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Pazen:
 * 1835
 * 1838
 * 1848
 * 1850
 * 1850, form C

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876.

Duplicate civil registration registers are located at the Graubünden State Archives. The following records are available:
 * Both A and B registers are available through 1916-1917 and are open without restriction.
 * Family registers are available from at latest 1860 through 1910; these records are viewable but require permission to access. For more information, contact the State Archive.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Pazen prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in Romansh and German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Graubünden

Societies
Rätische Vereinigung für Familienforschung (RVFF)

Società Genealogica della Svizzera italiana (SGSI)