Hellikon, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Hellikon, 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 Hellikon is in the Rheinfelden district of canton Aargau in Switzerland.. It is situated in the West of the Fricktal region, around four kilometers Southwest of the border with Germany and has a border with Canton Basel-Landschaft. The village originally had two centers and was built on the banks of the Möhlinbach. Today, it is a village strassendorf with an upper, more compact part.

Hellikon (as of 2009) has an area of 7.05 km² (2.72 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 60.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 32.6% - forested
 * 6.5% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1209, Hellikon was first mentioned by the name of Hellickonn.

The population history of Hellikon is: 1768 - 252 inhabitants 1850 - 681 inhabitants 1870 - 705 inhabitants 1900 - 581 inhabitants 1950 - 539 inhabitants 2000 - 747 inhabitants 2020 - 780 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 52.1% were Roman Catholic
 * 14.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 19.81% belonged to the Christian Catholic Church

Hellikon belongs to the parish of Wegenstetten. There are two chapels in the village (Sebastianskapelle built in the 17th century, Wendelinskapelle from the 16th century). There is also a Christkath Church (Christian Catholic community with Wegenstetten and Zuzgen).

Church Records
Hellikon belongs to the parish of Wegenstetten. See Wegenstetten for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Hellikon:
 * 1837 (images 710-722)
 * 1850: Form A (images 111-127)
 * 1850: Form B (images 128-129)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Hellikon 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)