Ennetbürgen Parish, Nidwalden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Ennetbürgen Parish, Nidwalden, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
As of 2006, Ennetbürgen has an area of 9.4 square kilometers (3.6 sq mi). The municipality is situated between Lake Lucerne and the foot of the Bürgenberg mountain.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 51.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 33.5% - forested
 * 14.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.1% - rivers, glaciers or mountains

History
The first mention of Ennetbürgen was in 1190 as Burgin. In 1799, it was mentioned as Enet-Bürgen and in 1836 Ennerbürgen. Since 1850, Ennetbürgen has been the official name.

The population history of Ennetbürgen is: 1850 - 880 inhabitants 1870 - 972 inhabitants 1880 - 898 inhabitants 1900 - 923 inhabitants 1950 - 1446 inhabitants 2000 - 3939 inhabitants

In 1348, the the mountaineers of Bürgen and the villagers of Buochs divided from the Ürtner people in Beckenried and Emmetten. In 1399, followed a (partial) goods division with Buochs. The archaeological Saint-Jost chapel, which dates back to the 12th century, was first recorded in a document in 1346. Until 1881, Ennetbürgen was a subsidiary of the parish of Buochs. Preceded by chapels built in 1589 and 1708, the parish church of Saint-Antoine was built in 1892-1894.

Surrounding parishes
Beckenried Buochs Gersau (SZ) Luzern (LU) Stans Stansstad Vitznau (LU) Weggis (LU)

Church Records
The parish of Ennetbürgen was established in 1881. Before 1881, Ennetbürgen belonged to the parish of Buochs. The records for Buohs begin in 1728; the older church records were burned.

These church records can be accessed onsite on microfilm at the Nidwalden State Archives. The archive does not undertake family research for private researchers, but the archive will provide a list of local researchers.

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876. Ennetbürgen belongs to the Nidwalden civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Zivilstandsamt Nidwalden Marktgasse 3 Postfach 1244 CH - 6371 Stans

Tel: +41 618 72 60

email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@nw.ch zivilstandsamt@nw.ch]

Duplicate civil registration registers are located at the Nidwalden State Archives. The following records are viewable in person:
 * Births before 1900
 * Marriages before 1930
 * Deaths before 1960

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Nidwalden

Societies
Zentralschweizerische Gesellschaft für Familienforschung (in German)