Ramlinsburg, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Ramlinsburg, 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 Ramlinsburg is in the Liestal district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. It is located in the north-east portion of the Vorderen Frenke valley.

Ramlinsburg (as of 2009) has an area of 2.24 km² (0.86 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 40.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 46.9% - forested
 * 12.9% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1367, Ramlinsburg was first mentioned by the name of Remlisperg. Ramlinsburg is in the Liestal district and the Basel-Landschaft canton.

In 1926, the regions of Oberhof and Niderhof (based on developing farms) merged into the municipality of Ramlinsburg.

The population history of Ramlinsburg is: 1698 - 124 inhabitants 1774 - 175 inhabitants 1850 - 343 inhabitants 1860 - 351 inhabitants 1870 - 395 inhabitants 1880 - 306 inhabitants 1888 - 304 inhabitants 1900 - 309 inhabitants 1910 - 287 inhabitants 1920 - 255 inhabitants 1930 - 227 inhabitants 1941 - 212 inhabitants 1950 - 210 inhabitants 1960 - 237 inhabitants 1970 - 316 inhabitants 1980 - 351 inhabitants 1990 - 422 inhabitants 2000 - 641 inhabitants 2021 - 729 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 17.0% were Roman Catholic
 * 56.0% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.94% were Orthodox Church
 * 0.31% were Christian Catholic Church
 * 2.50% were Other Christian Church

Spiritually, Ramlinsburg was part of the Bubendorf parish. Since 1987, the church serves both denominations in the municipality.

Church Records
Ramlinsburg belongs to the parish of Bubendorf. For church records, see Bubendorf.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Ramlinsburg:
 * 1815 (images 490-497)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Ramlinsburg 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)