Zeglingen, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Zeglingen, 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 Zeglingen is in the Sissach district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. It is located in the upper part of Eital.

Zeglingen (as of 2009) has an area of 7.91 km² (3.05 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 48.5% - agricultural purposes
 * 45.5% - forested
 * 6.2% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1317, Zeglingen was first mentioned by the name of Zegningen. Zeglingen is in the Sissach district and the Basel-Landschaft canton.

The population history of Zeglingen is: 1497 - 36 inhabitants 1699 - 274 inhabitants 1798 - 305 inhabitants 1850 - 592 inhabitants 1860 - 619 inhabitants 1870 - 565 inhabitants 1880 - 560 inhabitants 1888 - 565 inhabitants 1900 - 520 inhabitants 1910 - 527 inhabitants 1920 - 513 inhabitants 1930 - 483 inhabitants 1941 - 456 inhabitants 1950 - 502 inhabitants 1960 - 493 inhabitants 1970 - 466 inhabitants 1980 - 442 inhabitants 1990 - 448 inhabitants 2000 - 446 inhabitants 2021 - 516 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 7.4% were Roman Catholic
 * 80.5% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.45% were Other Christian Church

Spiritually, Zeglingen belonged to the Kilchberg parish. In 1503, the Sainte-Agathe chapel was mentioned. It was demolished after the Reformation.

Church Records
Zeglingen is part of the parish of Kilchberg. For church records, see Kilchberg.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Zeglingen:
 * 1815 (images 301-310)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Zeglingen 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)