Birrhard, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy



Description: Guide to Birrhard, 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 Birrhard is in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is situated about 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of the town of Brugg. The municipality is consists of the communities of Ausserdorf, Unterdorf (both part of the linear village of Birrhard), and the hamlets of Inlauf. It is located between the eastern boundary of the Birrfeld and the steep slope to the Reuss.

Birrhard (as of 2007) has an area of 2.99 km² (1.15 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 52.8% - agricultural purposes
 * 33.8% - forested
 * 12.4% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.7% - non-productive (rivers or lakes)

History
In 1254, Birrhard was first mentioned by the name of Birharth or Birhart.

The population history of Birrhard is: 1850 - 365 inhabitants 1900 - 236 inhabitants 1930 - 267 inhabitants 1950 - 316 inhabitants 1975 - 352 inhabitants 1980 - 453 inhabitants 1990 - 553 inhabitants 2000 - 618 inhabitants 2020 - 742 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 33.2% were Roman Catholic
 * 51.5% were Swiss Reformed Church

Originally, Birrhard belonged to the Habsburg and since 1526 to Birr.

Church Records
Biberstein belongs to the parish of Birr. See Birr for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Birrhard:
 * 1837 (images 197-203)
 * 1850: Form A (images 55-63)
 * 1850: Form B (image 64)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Birrhard 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)