Frenkendorf Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Frenkendorf 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 Frenkendorf is in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. The old village center is situated on a terrace above the Ergolz valley. The settlement of Neu-Frenkendorf developed in the valley along the Basel-Olten railway line after 1854.

Frenkendorf (as of 2009) has an area of 4.6 km² (1.8 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 27.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 42.0% - forested
 * 30.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.2% - non-productive

History
In 1249, Frenkendorf was first mentioned by the name of Frenchendorf.

The population history of Frenkendorf is: 1585 - 140 inhabitants 1770 - 399 inhabitants 1850 - 769 inhabitants 1860 - 847 inhabitants 1870 - 919 inhabitants 1880 - 1,055 inhabitants 1888 - 1,068 inhabitants 1900 - 1,267 inhabitants 1910 - 1,504 inhabitants 1920 - 1,480 inhabitants 1930 - 1,646 inhabitants 1941 - 1,801 inhabitants 1950 - 2,169 inhabitants 1960 - 2,705 inhabitants 1970 - 5,044 inhabitants 1980 - 5,438 inhabitants 1990 - 5,604 inhabitants 2000 - 5,703 inhabitants 2021 - 6,511 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 28.6% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 44.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 2.58% belonged to an Orthodox church
 * 0.40% belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
 * 2.42% belonged to another Christian church
 * 6.77% belonged to the Islamic faith

Originally, Frenkendorf was part of the parish of Munzach. Then from 1765, it formed a parish with Füllinsdorf. A chapel built in the 12th and 13th centuries was served by the diaconate of Liestal after the Reformation. Refurbished in 1616, 1686 and 1721, it took the name of Sainte-Marguerite church.

Church Records
The parish of Frenkendorf became reformed in the 1520s. It includes the municipality of Füllinsdorf.

Parish records for Frenkendorf are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 36 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1542-1900 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1542-1893 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1657-1919 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1690-1910 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1757-1929 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - organized by community

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Frenkendorf:
 * 1815 (images 360-369)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Frenkendorf 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)