Binningen Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Binningen 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 Binningen (Swiss German: Binnige) is in the district of Arlesheim and the Basel-Landschaft canton in Switzerland. It is situated in a valley, on a plateau, and on two hills overlooking the city of Basel along the Birsig river. It has been absorbed by the agglomeration of Basel. Bottmingen belonged to Binningen until 1837.

Binningen (as of 2009) has an area of 4.43 km² (1.71 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 21.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 7.0% - forested
 * 72.0% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.5% - non-productive

History
In 1004, Binningen was first mentioned by the name of Binningen. Other versions of the name Binningen appear in records dating from between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries, such as Binnengin and Biningin.

Bottmingen belonged to Binningen until 1837.

The population history of Binningen is: 1585 - 25 inhabitants 1774 - 325 inhabitants 1815 - 627 inhabitants 1850 - 1,229 inhabitants 1860 - 1,776 inhabitants 1870 - 2,207 inhabitants 1880 - 3,854 inhabitants 1888 - 4,181 inhabitants 1900 - 5,135 inhabitants 1910 - 6,303 inhabitants 1920 - 6,528 inhabitants 1930 - 6,809 inhabitants 1941 - 6,724 inhabitants 1950 - 7,864 inhabitants 1960 - 11,765 inhabitants 1970 - 15,344 inhabitants 1980 - 14,195 inhabitants 1990 - 13,996 inhabitants 2000 - 13,977 inhabitants 2021 - 15,750 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 29.6% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 37.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 1.47% belonged to an Orthodox church
 * 1.95% belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
 * 2.29% belonged to another Christian church
 * 0.56% belonged to the Jewish faith
 * 3.14% belonged to the Islamic faith

The patronage of the church of St. Margarethen (oldest building from the 9th to approx. 11th century, first mentioned in 1251, today Winkelhaken building from 1673) was part of the bishop of Basel until 1251, then to the cathedral chapter until 1260 and subsequently to the cathedral provost. From the 14th century onwards, the church, whose district included Binningen, Bottmingen and Gundeldingen (Basle municipality), was a branch of St. Ulrich in Basel. After the Reformation in 1529-1708 the church became a branch of the St. Elisabethenkirche in Basel. Since then, the parish church for Binningen and Bottmingen has been St. Margarethen.

Catholic
A Catholic parish was established in Binningen in 1889. Catholic Parish records for Binningen are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 4 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1889-1923 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1889-1930 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1889-1925 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

Reformed
The church in Binningen was first mentioned in 1251; by the 14th century, it was part of the parish of St. Ulrich in the city of Basel. When the area became Reformed in 1529, it was part of the parish of St. Elisabeth in the city of Basel. In 1708, it became a fully independent parish. It includes the municipality of Bottmingen. Reformed parish records for Binningen are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 42 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1597-1924 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1604-1927 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1604-1918 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1641-1926 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1800-1879 Family book at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Binningen:
 * 1815 (images 563-581)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Binningen 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)