Oberrüti Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Oberrüti Parish, 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 Oberrüti is in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is situated in the southernmost portion of the canton along the Reuss River. It includes the village of Oberrüti and scattered small settlements and individual houses.

Oberrüti (as of 2009) has an area of 5.37 km² (2.07 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 70.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 15.3% - forested
 * 9.9% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.8% - either rivers or lakes
 * 1.3% - non-productive

History
In 1236, Oberrüti was first mentioned by the name of Ruty. In 1803, the Canton of Aargau was created and the name became Oberrüti.

The population history of Oberrüti is: 1850 - 539 inhabitants 1900 - 409 inhabitants 1950 - 479 inhabitants 1980 - 506 inhabitants 1990 - 740 inhabitants 2000 - 1,097 inhabitants 2020 - 1,544 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 73.2% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 19.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

First mentioned in 1275, the Lords of Hünenberg founded the village church of St. Ruprecht.

Church Records
The parish of Oberrüti was first mentioned in 1275; the parish church is called St. Rupert.

The following church records are available onsite in the Oberrüti parish church office:
 * Baptisms, 1610-1691; burials 1637-1691; confirmations 1616-1690
 * Baptisms 1817-1875

Original church records are located onsite at the Oberrüti parish church office, the Sins civil registration office, or the Oberrüti municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1684-1836; marriages, burials 1691-1830; confirmations 1693-1868
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1852-1875
 * Marriages, non-resident citizens 1817-1873
 * Burials 1817-1875

Post-1875 church records are found onsite at the Oberrüti parish church office.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Oberrüti:
 * 1837 (images 600-608)
 * 1850: Form A (images 56-69)
 * 1850: Form B (image 70)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Central Swiss Society for Family History (ZGF)