Augst, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Augst, 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 Augst (Swiss German: Augscht) is in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. It is situated near the mouth of the Ergolz river. It includes the linear village of Augst.

Augst (as of 2009) has an area of 1.64 km² (0.63 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 34.8% - agricultural purposes
 * 6.7% - forested
 * 40.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 17.1% - either rivers or lakes

History
In 615, Augst was first mentioned by the name of Augustodunensem praesulem. In 752, it was mentioned by the name of Augusta and in 1288 as Augst. It was known as Augusta Raurica in Roman times.

The population history of Augst is: 1699 - 142 inhabitants 1798 - 130 inhabitants 1850 - 369 inhabitants 1860 - 357 inhabitants 1870 - 405 inhabitants 1880 - 402 inhabitants 1888 - 421 inhabitants 1900 - 501 inhabitants 1910 - 772 inhabitants 1920 - 607 inhabitants 1930 - 646 inhabitants 1941 - 592 inhabitants 1950 - 672 inhabitants 1960 - 860 inhabitants 1970 - 863 inhabitants 1980 - 836 inhabitants 1990 - 786 inhabitants 2000 - 950 inhabitants 2021 - 1,057 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 25.5% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 43.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 3.89% belonged to an Orthodox church
 * 0.53% belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
 * 1.89% belonged to another Christian church
 * 4.74% belonged to the Islamic faith

With the Reformation, Augst became part of the parish of Pratteln in 1534.

Church Records
Augst belongs to the parish of Pratteln. For church records, see Pratteln.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Augst:
 * 1815 (images 312-319)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Augst 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)