Langenbruck Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Langenbruck Parish, Basel-Landschaft, 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 Langenbruck is in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. It is situated on the south side of the Oberen Hauenstein. It includes the linear village of Langenbruck, the hamlet of Bärenwil, and numerous individual farmhouses.

Langenbruck (as of 2009) has an area of 15.69 km² (6.06 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 51.1% - agricultural purposes
 * 44.2% - forested
 * 4.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.3% - either rivers or lakes

History
In 1145, Langenbruck was first mentioned by the name of Langebruccho.

The population history of Langenbruck is: 1585 - 260 inhabitants 1763 - 397 inhabitants 1850 - 927 inhabitants 1860 - 991 inhabitants 1870 - 900 inhabitants 1880 - 875 inhabitants 1888 - 826 inhabitants 1900 - 827 inhabitants 1910 - 773 inhabitants 1920 - 865 inhabitants 1930 - 837 inhabitants 1941 - 849 inhabitants 1950 - 979 inhabitants 1960 - 915 inhabitants 1970 - 873 inhabitants 1980 - 788 inhabitants 1990 - 915 inhabitants 2000 - 929 inhabitants 2021 - 958 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 18.9% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 49.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 2.69% belonged to an Orthodox church
 * 0.65% belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
 * 3.77% belonged to another Christian church
 * 6.24% belonged to the Islamic faith

The chapel of Saint-Jean, from the 5th and 6th century, was part of the parish of St. Peter in Oberdorf until 1504, then to the convent of Schönthal. It was destroyed by fire in 1540. The Reformation was adopted in 1530 and the church was erected in 1590.

Church Records
Langenbruck became Reformed in 1530; the 5th century church burned in 1540 and was rebuilt in 1590. Parish records for Langenbruck are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 20 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1564-1918 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1565-1901 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1622-1911 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1728-1894 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1774-1913 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

Census
(See here for information regarding Basel-Landschaft census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Langenbruck:
 * 1815 (images 399-417)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Basel-Landschaft

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Region Basel (GHGRB)