Othmarsingen Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Othmarsingen Parish, 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 Othmarsingen is in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is situated near the Bünz river. It includes the linear village of Othmarsingen.

Othmarsingen (as of 2009) has an area of 4.73 km² (1.83 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 34.5% - agricultural purposes
 * 40.6% - forested
 * 24.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.4% - non-productive (either rivers or lakes)

History
In 1184-90, Othmarsingen was first mentioned by the name of Otewizzingin.

The population history of Othmarsingen is: 1764 - 531 inhabitants 1850 - 1,134 inhabitants 1900 - 903 inhabitants 1950 - 1,173 inhabitants 2000 - 2,117 inhabitants 2020 - 3,037 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 31.8% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 45.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.09% belonged to the Christian Catholic faith

The parish was divided with the southern part of the village was the Ammerswil parish while the northern part was in the Staufberg parish. In 1528, the Protestant Reformation was introduced into Othmarsingen from Bern. A chapel is mentioned in 1371 and 1421 with Saint Mary as the patron but was relocated in 1593. In 1675 a new church was constructed, and in 1873 it became an independent parish.

Church Records
The parish of Othmarsingen was established as an independent parish in 1873, though it had a church in 1675. Before 1873, the northern part of the parish belonged to Staufen; the southern part belonged to Ammerswil.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Othmarsingen:
 * 1837 (images 196-218)
 * 1850: Form A (images 295-322)
 * 1850: Form B (images 323-324)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Bern (GHGB)