Unterehrendingen, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Unterehrendingen, 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 Unterehrendingen is in the Baden district and the Aargau canton. On 1 January 2006, the municipalities of Oberehrendingen and Unterehrendingen merged into the new municipality of Ehrendingen. It is located in the valley of the Surb.

Ehrendingen (as of 2006) has an area of 7.3 km² (2.8 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 58.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 28.5% - forested
 * 13.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.1% - rivers or lakes

History
In 1040, Unterehrendingen was first mentioned by the name of Aradingin. In 1261 as Eredingen villa inferiori. Unterehrendingen is in the Baden district and the Aargau canton.

Until 1825, the communities of Oberehrendingen and Unterehrendingen formed a single political entity. Then, they were separated into separate municipalities. On 1 January 2006, the municipalities of Oberehrendingen and Unterehrendingen merged into the new municipality of Ehrendingen.

The population history of Unterehrendingen is: 1780 - 193 inhabitants 1850 - 440 inhabitants 1900 - 309 inhabitants 1950 - 453 inhabitants 2000 - 1,532 inhabitants

The population history of Ehrendingen is: 1900 - 966 inhabitants 1930 - 1,135 inhabitants 1950 - 1,337 inhabitants 1960 - 1,653 inhabitants 1970 - 2,362 inhabitants 1990 - 2,958 inhabitants 2000 - 3,299 inhabitants 2010 - 4,207 inhabitants 2020 - 4,880 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census for Ehrendingen:
 * 52.3% were Roman Catholic
 * 31.8% were Protestant Church
 * 2.2% were Muslim Church

Prior to Reformation, Unterehrendingen belonged to the parish of Niederweningen. In 1580, the chapel of Oberehrendingen was enlarged into a parish church.

Church Records
Unterehrendingen belongs to the parish of Oberehrendingen. See Oberehrendingen for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Unterehrendingen:
 * 1837 (images 427-433)
 * 1850: Form A (images 667-677)
 * 1850: Form B (image 678)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Unterehrendingen 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)