Rothenfluh Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Rothenfluh 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 Rothenfluh is in the Sissach district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. It is located at the confluence of the Ergolz and Dübach rivers. The municipality of Rothenfluh includes the ring-shaped village Rothenfluh.

Rothenfluh (as of 2009) has an area of 10.93 km² (4.22 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 39.8% - agricultural purposes
 * 55.8% - forested
 * 3.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.1% - non-productive

History
In 1196, Rothenfluh was first mentioned by the name of Rotenfluo. Rothenfluh is in the Sissach district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. Rothenfluh is a combination of seven medieval villages: Loglingen, Hendschikon, Söllickken, Werlickhen, Hohlwingen, Gastwingen, and Werdlingen.

The population history of Rothenfluh is: 1680 - 351 inhabitants 1798 - 521 inhabitants 1850 - 844 inhabitants 1860 - 812 inhabitants 1870 - 776 inhabitants 1880 - 709 inhabitants 1888 - 698 inhabitants 1900 - 647 inhabitants 1910 - 585 inhabitants 1920 - 587 inhabitants 1930 - 572 inhabitants 1941 - 556 inhabitants 1950 - 574 inhabitants 1960 - 574 inhabitants 1970 - 607 inhabitants 1980 - 597 inhabitants 1990 - 620 inhabitants 2000 - 692 inhabitants 2021 - 770 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 10.8% were Roman Catholic
 * 72.5% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 2.89% were Other Christian Church

Two original Catholic parishes were Saint Stephan and Saint George. In the 13th century, these two parishes were merged together. The church of Saint-Georges is the current church.

Church Records
A parish church has stood in Rothenfluh since before the Reformation in the 1520s. Parish records for Rothenfluh are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 18 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1559-1944 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1559-1955 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1634-1932 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1649-1995 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1840-1913 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Rothenfluh:
 * 1815 (images 203-221)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Rothenfluh 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)