Fisibach, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Fisibach, 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 municipality of Fisibach is in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is situated at the end of the Fisibach valley. It is located in the northeastern part of Aargau and is neighbored with the Canton of Zürich. The bordering municipalities are Bachs and Weiach. It includes the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Fisibach and the hamlets of Burenmüli, Hägelen, and Waldhausen.

Fisibach (as of 2009) has an area of 5.79 km² (2.24 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 43.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 45.8% - forested
 * 8.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.2% - either rivers or lakes

History
In 1050, Fisibach was first mentioned by the name of Fusibach.

The population history of Fisibach is: 1799 - 157 inhabitants 1850 - 404 inhabitants 1900 - 246 inhabitants 1950 - 309 inhabitants 1990 - 372 inhabitants 2000 - 361 inhabitants 2020 - 543 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 45.7% were Roman Catholic
 * 38.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

The community of Fisibach was part of the Hohentengen parish until 1842, when it became part of the Kaiserstuhl parish. A village chapel was constructed in the 17th century.

Church Records
Fisibach belonged to the parish of Hohentengen in Baden, Germany until 1842, when it was transferred to the parish of Kaiserstuhl. See Kaiserstuhl and Hohentengen for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Fisibach:
 * 1837 (images 662-668)
 * 1850: Form A (images 499-508)
 * 1850: Form B (image 509)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Fisibach 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)