Seengen Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Seengen 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 former municipality of Seengen is in the Lenzburg district and the Aargau canton. It is located in the Seetal at the northern end of Lake Hallwil. The municipality included Seengen, Ausserdorf, Eichberg and Brestenberg.

Seengen (as of 2009) has an area of 9.69 km² (3.74 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 51.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 32.3% - forested
 * 13.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.1% - rivers or lakes
 * 1.9% - non-productive

History
In 924, Seengen was first mentioned by the name of Seynga. Seengen is in the Lenzburg district and the Aargau canton.

The population history of Seengen is: 1764 - 752 inhabitants 1831 - 1,628 inhabitants 1850 - 1,528 inhabitants 1900 - 1,353 inhabitants 1920 - 1,267 inhabitants 1950 - 1,445 inhabitants 1970 - 1,512 inhabitants 1975 - 1,608 inhabitants 1980 - 1,631 inhabitants 1990 - 2,066 inhabitants 2000 - 2,638 inhabitants 2009 - 3,362 inhabitants 2020 - 4,122 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 19.8% were Roman Catholic
 * 62.5% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.16% were Christian Catholic Church

In 1185, the Saint-Maurice parish church was mentioned. It included Seengen, Meisterschwanden, Tennwil, Alliswil, Egliswil, Hallwil, part of Boniswil, and Fahrwangen. In 1817, Fahrwangen, Meisterschwanden and Tennwil formed a Protestant parish. In the Middle Ages, the church was established. It was rebuilt in 1490 and in 1820.

Church Records
The parish of Seengen was first mentioned in 1185, and became Reformed during the 1520s. It includes the municipalities of Alliswil, Boniswil, Egliswil, and Hallwil. It also included the municipalities of Fahrwangen and Meisterschwanden until 1817, and Tennwil until 1901.

Original church records are located onsite at the Seengen municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms, marriages 1539-1621; burials 1590-1669
 * Baptisms, marriages 1620-1697
 * Baptisms, marriages 1697-1752; confirmations 1737-1751
 * Baptisms 1752-1794; baptisms non-resident citizens 1745-1810
 * Baptisms 1795-1816; baptisms non-resident citizens 1773-1819
 * Baptisms non-resident citizens 1819-1861
 * Marriages 1752-1833; marriages non-resident citizens 1778-1852
 * Marriages, banns 1834-1852
 * Burials 1669-1762
 * Burials 1763-1807
 * Burials 1808-1816; burials non-resident citizens 1808-1875
 * Burials 1817-1854
 * Confirmations 1725-1876
 * Family book Egliswil 1782-1812
 * Family book Egliswil 1812-1892
 * Family book Seengen 1811-1894
 * Family book Seengen 1827-1893
 * Family book Boniswil and Niederhallwil 1813-1891
 * Family book Tennwil, Alliswil, and Schwaderhof 1814-1894

The following church records are only available onsite at the Seengen municipal archive:
 * Baptisms 1817-1834
 * Baptisms 1835-1857
 * Baptisms 1857-1868
 * Baptisms 1869-1875
 * Baptisms 1876-1887; baptisms non-resident citizens 1862-1875
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1874
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 117-1917
 * Burials 1855-1867
 * Burials 1868-1905
 * Family book Alliswil, Boniswil, and Niederhallwil 1780-1814
 * Family book Boniswil 1832-1894

Later church records are found onsite at the Seengen parish church office.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Seengen:
 * 1837 (images 252-279)
 * 1850: Form A (images 397-432)
 * 1850: Form B (images 433-434)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Seengen 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)