Lupsingen, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Lupsingen, 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 Lupsingen is in the Liestal district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. It is located in a shallow depression in the Oris valley.

Lupsingen (as of 2009) has an area of 3.12 km² (1.20 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 40.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 44.6% - forested
 * 15.7% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1194, Lupsingen was first mentioned by the name of Lubesingin. Lupsingen is in the Liestal district and the Basel-Landschaft canton.

The population history of Lupsingen is: 1497 - 30 inhabitants 1680 - 165 inhabitants 1798 - 328 inhabitants 1850 - 396 inhabitants 1860 - 403 inhabitants 1870 - 381 inhabitants 1880 - 366 inhabitants 1888 - 369 inhabitants 1900 - 366 inhabitants 1910 - 373 inhabitants 1920 - 355 inhabitants 1930 - 366 inhabitants 1941 - 338 inhabitants 1950 - 336 inhabitants 1960 - 329 inhabitants 1970 - 422 inhabitants 1980 - 783 inhabitants 1990 - 972 inhabitants 2000 - 1,237 inhabitants 2021 - 1,468 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 20.1% were Roman Catholic
 * 55.6% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 1.62% were Other Christian Church

Spiritually, Lupsingen belonged to the Sankt Pantaleon parish until the Reformation (1529). In 1529, Lupsingen belonged to the Ziefen parish.

Church Records
Lupsingen belonged to the parish of Bubendorf until 1811, when it was moved to the parish of Ziefen. For church records, see Bubendorf and Ziefen.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Lupsingen:
 * 1815 (images 464-473)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Lupsingen 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)