Wallbach, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Wallbach, 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 Wallbach is in the Rheinfelden district and the Aargau canton. It is located along the Rhine river in the Fricktal.

Wallbach (as of 2009) has an area of 4.51 km² (1.74 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 43.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 29.3% - forested
 * 18.0% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 8.9% - rivers or lakes

History
In 1283, Wallbach was first mentioned by the name of Walabuch. Wallbach is in the Rheinfelden district and the Aargau canton.

The population history of Wallbach is: 1768 - 290 inhabitants 1850 - 638 inhabitants 1900 - 661 inhabitants 1950 - 734 inhabitants 1975 - 1,057 inhabitants 1980 - 1,068 inhabitants 1990 - 1,253 inhabitants 2000 - 1,532 inhabitants 2020 - 1,999 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 52.0% were Roman Catholic
 * 22.0% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 7.73% were Christian Catholic Church

In 1698, the Saint-Sébastien and Saint-Roch chapel was built. In 1898, it was given to the Catholic-Christian parish. In 1892, the Notre-Dame church was built. In 1939, it became a parish.

Church Records
Wallbach belonged to the parish of Mumpf until 1939. See Mumpf for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Wallbach:
 * 1837 (images 656-668)
 * 1850: Form A (images 340-355)
 * 1850: Form B (images 356-358)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Wallbach 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 Region Basel (GHGRB)