Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg, 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 Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is in the Bremgarten district and the Aargau canton. It is located in the valley north of the Mutschellen. The municipality of Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg includes the village of Rudolfstetten and the Friedlisberg hamlet.

Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg (as of 2006) has an area of 4.9 km² (1.9 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 49.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 28.1% - forested
 * 22.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.2% - non-productive

History
In 1190, Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg was first mentioned by the name of Rudolfstetin. Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is in the Bremgarten district and the Aargau canton.

The municipality of Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg includes the village of Rudolfstetten and the Friedlisberg hamlet. Prior to 1953, the municipality was known simply as Rudolfstetten. In 1953, the village name (Rudolfstetten) and the hamlet name (Friedlisberg) were combined.

The population history of Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg is: 1850 - 434 inhabitants 1900 - 438 inhabitants 1950 - 755 inhabitants 1970 - 2,384 inhabitants 2000 - 3,738 inhabitants 2020 - 4,546 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 46.3% were Roman Catholic
 * 31.8% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.11% were Christian Catholic Church

Until 1861, the Catholics were part of the Dietikon parish. Later, they became part of the Berikon parish. In 1964, Rudolfstetten separated to form a parish with Bergdietikon. The Protestants belonged to the Bremgarten-Mutschellen parish.

Church Records
Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg belonged to the parish of Dietikon until 1861. Between 1861-1964, it was part of the parish of Berikon. See Berikon and Dietikon for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg:
 * 1837 (images 41-48)
 * 1850: Form A (images 574-586)
 * 1850: Form B (image 587)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg 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)