Oberentfelden Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Oberentfelden, 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 Oberentfelden is in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The municipality is situated in the lower Suhr valley. While distinct municipalities, the villages of Oberentfelden and Unterentfelden have grown together.

Oberentfelden (as of 2006) has an area of 7.2 km² (2.8 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 29.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 42.3% - forested
 * 28% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.3% - non-productive (rivers or lakes)

History
In 965, Oberentfelden was first mentioned by the name of Endiveld. In 1306, it was mentioned by the name of Oberen-En[t]velt.

The population history of Oberentfelden is: 1764 - 600 inhabitants 1803 - 943 inhabitants 1850 - 1,379 inhabitants 1900 - 1,523 inhabitants 1950 - 2,771 inhabitants 2000 - 6,740 inhabitants 2020 - 8,568 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 27.2% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 50.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.15% belonged to the Christian Catholic faith

In 1528 the Reformation was adopted. In 1683-1948, Untermuhen also was part of the parish of Oberentfelden. Through the village fire of 1601, the church and the parish archive were destroyed, among other things.

Church Records
The parish of Oberentfelden has existed since the Reformation in 1528. Untermuhen belonged to the parish of Oberentfelden between 1683-1948.

Original church records are located onsite at the Aargau State Archives. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1601-1666 (with gaps); marriages 1601-1657
 * Baptisms 1666-1710; marriages 1683-1751; burials 1683, 1722-1727
 * Baptisms 1711-1751; confirmations 1723-1751
 * Baptisms 1752-1787
 * Baptisms 1788-1814
 * Marriages 1752-1815
 * Burials 1728-1782
 * Burials 1783-1814

The following church records are only available onsite at the Oberentfelden municipal archive:
 * Baptisms 1818-1849
 * Baptisms 1850-1875
 * Marriages 1817-1857
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1848
 * Burials 1815-1816
 * Burials 1817-1866
 * Burials 1867-1875

Post-1875 church records, as well as the following records, are found onsite at the Oberentfelden parish church office:
 * Baptisms 1814-1816; baptisms non-resident citizens 1826-1859
 * Marriages 1815-1853
 * Marriages 1848-1887
 * Family book, Oberentfelden 1895 No. 1-400
 * Family book, Oberentfelden 1895 No. 401-493
 * Family book, Untermuhen 1895

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Oberentfelden:
 * 1837 (images 141-166)
 * 1850: Form A (images 397-429)
 * 1850: Form B (images 430-432)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Oberentfelden 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)