Linn, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Linn, 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 former municipality of Linn is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton. It is located on a plateau of the Bözberg and south-west of the pass over the mountain.

Linn (as of 2009) has an area of 2.55 km² (0.98 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 50.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 44.3% - forested
 * 4.7% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1303, Linn was first mentioned by the name of ze Linne. In 1307 as ze Lind. Linn is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

Linn merged into the Bözberg municipality on 1 January 2013. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Gallenkirch
 * Oberbözberg
 * Unterbözberg

The population history of Linn is: 1764 - 137 inhabitants 1850 - 171 inhabitants 1900 - 130 inhabitants 1950 - 113 inhabitants 2000 - 112 inhabitants 2013 - 136 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 21.4% were Roman Catholic
 * 69.6% were Swiss Reformed Church

Before 1649, Linn belonged to the Elfingen-Bözen parish. Until 1528, Linn had a chapel. After 1649, Linn belonged to the Bözberg parish.

Church Records
Linn has belonged to the parish of Unterbözberg since 1649. See Unterbözberg for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Linn:
 * 1837 (images 265-269)
 * 1850: Form A (images 215-218)
 * 1850: Form B (image 219)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Linn 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)