Wittinsburg, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Wittinsburg, 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 Wittinsburg is in the Sissach district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. It is located on the eastern slope of the hill separating the Diegtertal from the Homburgertal.

Wittinsburg (as of 2009) has an area of 3.21 km² (1.24 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 59.8% - agricultural purposes
 * 31.8% - forested
 * 8.1% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1353, Wittinsburg was first mentioned by the name of Wittersperg. Wittinsburg is in the Sissach district and the Basel-Landschaft canton.

The population history of Wittinsburg is: 1680 - 127 inhabitants 1798 - 181 inhabitants 1850 - 245 inhabitants 1860 - 255 inhabitants 1870 - 245 inhabitants 1880 - 253 inhabitants 1888 - 271 inhabitants 1900 - 241 inhabitants 1910 - 220 inhabitants 1920 - 230 inhabitants 1930 - 213 inhabitants 1941 - 214 inhabitants 1950 - 217 inhabitants 1960 - 197 inhabitants 1970 - 249 inhabitants 1980 - 242 inhabitants 1990 - 269 inhabitants 2000 - 335 inhabitants 2021 - 434 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 6.9% were Roman Catholic
 * 77.3% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 1.49% were Orthodox Church
 * 5.67% were Other Christian Church

Spiritually, Wittinsburg belonged to the Sissach parish. Since 1501, Wittinsburg belonged to the Rümlingen parish. In the 15th century, the chapel of Saint-Martin was built.

Church Records
Wittinsburg belongs to the parish of Rümlingen. For church records, see Rümlingen.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Wittinsburg:
 * 1815 (images 295-300)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Wittinsburg 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)