Nenzlingen Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Nenzlingen 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 Nenzlingen is in the Laufen district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. It is located in the Blauen hills. The municipality includes the haufendorf village (unplanned and closely packed village built around a central square) of Nenzlingen.

Nenzlingen (as of 2009) has an area of 3.66 km² (1.41 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 41.8% - agricultural purposes
 * 49.2% - forested
 * 7.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.8% - rivers or lakes
 * 0.8% - non-productive

History
In 1294, Nenzlingen was first mentioned by the name of Nencilingen. Nenzlingen is in the Laufen district and the Basel-Landschaft canton.

The population history of Nenzlingen is: 1586 - 13 homes 1722 - 195 inhabitants 1770 - 134 inhabitants 1850 - 188 inhabitants 1860 - 186 inhabitants 1870 - 185 inhabitants 1880 - 201 inhabitants 1888 - 209 inhabitants 1900 - 243 inhabitants 1910 - 287 inhabitants 1920 - 271 inhabitants 1930 - 265 inhabitants 1941 - 235 inhabitants 1950 - 247 inhabitants 1960 - 253 inhabitants 1970 - 277 inhabitants 1980 - 263 inhabitants 1990 - 311 inhabitants 2000 - 352 inhabitants 2021 - 457 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 70.7% were Roman Catholic
 * 11.6% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.85% were Christian Catholic Church
 * 1.99% were Other Christian Church

Until 1622, Nenzlingen belonged to the Pfeffingen parish. Then the Blauen parish. In 1845, Nenzlingen became a parish. In 1756, the Saint-Oswald church was built.

Church Records
Nenzlingen was part of Pfeffingen until 1622, when it was transferred to Blauen. In 1800, it was part of the parish of Grellingen. It became independent in 1845, but records were kept at Grellingen. For church records, see Pfeffingen, Blauen, and Grellingen.

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

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Nenzlingen 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)