Röschenz Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Röschenz 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 Röschenz is in the Laufen district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. It is located in the Lützel valley on a terrace in the Blauen hills.

Röschenz (as of 2009) has an area of 10.07 km² (3.89 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 32.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 60.0% - forested
 * 7.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.2% - rivers or lakes
 * 0.2% - non-productive

History
In 1290, Röschenz was first mentioned by the name of de Roetschentzo. Until 1723, Röschenz was known as Reuschansse. Röschenz is in the Laufen district and the Basel-Landschaft canton.

The population history of Röschenz is: 1580 - 33 homes 1796 - 416 inhabitants 1850 - 445 inhabitants 1860 - 482 inhabitants 1870 - 502 inhabitants 1880 - 489 inhabitants 1888 - 494 inhabitants 1900 - 564 inhabitants 1910 - 661 inhabitants 1920 - 705 inhabitants 1930 - 824 inhabitants 1941 - 837 inhabitants 1950 - 887 inhabitants 1960 - 960 inhabitants 1970 - 1,107 inhabitants 1980 - 1,083 inhabitants 1990 - 1,329 inhabitants 2000 - 1,608 inhabitants 2021 - 1,887 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 74.5% were Roman Catholic
 * 11.6% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.31% were Orthodox Church
 * 1.37% were Other Christian Church

In 1725, a chapel was built. In 1830, it was destroyed. From 1827, the Saint-Anne parish church was built. In the 1960s, it was enlarged. Prior to 1802, the residents of Röschenz attended the church of Laufon. In 1802, the parish of Röschenz was created.

Church Records
Originally part of Laufen, Röschenz became an independent parish in 1802. It included the parish of Burg im Leimental 1874-1935. For earlier church records, see Laufen.

Parish records for Röschenz are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 7 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1793-1875 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1793-1875 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1793-1875 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1833-1864 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps

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

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Röschenz 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)