Besenbüren, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Besenbüren, Aargau, 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 former municipality of Besenbüren is in the Muri district and the Aargau canton. It is located on the western edge of the Wagenrain.

Besenbüren (as of 2009) has an area of 2.38 km² (0.92 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 66.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 19.7% - forested
 * 12.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.4% - non-productive

History
In 1160, Besenbüren was first mentioned by the name of Besenbürren. Besenbüren is in the Muri district and the Aargau canton.

The population history of Besenbüren is: 1850 - 417 inhabitants 1900 - 289 inhabitants 1950 - 322 inhabitants 1980 - 280 inhabitants 2000 - 496 inhabitants 2020 - 632 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 55.8% were Roman Catholic
 * 26.8% were Swiss Reformed Church

Until 1508, Besenbüren was part of Boswil parish.

Church Records
Besenbüren belongs to the parish of Bünzen. See Bünzen for more information.

Census
(See here for information regarding Aargau census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Besenbüren:
 * 1837 (images 476-481)
 * 1850: Form A (images 561-570)
 * 1850: Form B (image 571)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Besenbüren prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Central Swiss Society for Family History (ZGF)