Gallenkirch, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Gallenkirch, 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 Gallenkirch is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton. It is located west of the mountain pass through which the modern Bözbergstrasse runs. The municipality is bounded with Unterbözberg and Effingen to the northeast and Linn to the south.

Gallenkirch (as of 2009) has an area of 1.4 km² (0.54 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 74.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 18.6% - forested
 * 7.1% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1338, Gallenkirch was first mentioned by the name of Gallenkilch. Gallenkirch is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

Gallenkirch merged into the Bözberg municipality on 1 January 2013. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Linn
 * Oberbözberg
 * Unterbözberg

The population history of Gallenkirch is: 1764 - 66 inhabitants 1850 - 109 inhabitants 1900 - 92 inhabitants 1950 - 79 inhabitants 1970 - 65 inhabitants 2000 - 121 inhabitants 2011 - 133 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 27.3% were Roman Catholic
 * 55.4% were Swiss Reformed Church

Until the Reformation, Gallenkirch was part of the parish of Hornussen. After the Reformation, Gallenkirch became part of the Protestant parish of Bözberg. The local chapel was dedicated to Saint Gall.

Church Records
Gallenkirch belongs to the parish of Unterbözberg. See Unterbözberg for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Gallenkirch:
 * 1837 (images 242-245)
 * 1850: Form A (images 170-173)
 * 1850: Form B (image 174)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Gallenkirch 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)