Unterentfelden, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Unterentfelden, 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 Unterentfelden is in the Aarau district and the Aargau canton. It is located in the lower Suhr valley near Aarau.

Unterentfelden (as of 2006) has an area of 2.9 km² (1.1 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 32.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 30.4% - forested
 * 37.0% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.3% - non-productive

History
In 965, Unterentfelden was first mentioned by the name of Endiveld. In 1305 as Nideren-Entvelt. Unterentfelden is in the Aarau district and the Aargau canton.

The population history of Unterentfelden is: 1764 - 273 inhabitants 1803 - 405 inhabitants 1850 - 699 inhabitants 1900 - 726 inhabitants 1950 - 1,182 inhabitants 1970 - 3,259 inhabitants 1975 - 3,156 inhabitants 1980 - 3,125 inhabitants 1990 - 3,341 inhabitants 2000 - 3,217 inhabitants 2020 - 4,382 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 29.3% were Roman Catholic
 * 51.6% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.25% were Christian Catholic Church

Spiritually, Unterentfelden belonged to the Suhr parish. In 1959, Unterentfelden became a parish. There was no church so a multipurpose hall was used (built in 1960). Since 1971, the Catholics of Oberentfelden and Unterentfelden belonged to the Entfelden parish (located in Oberentfelden).

Church Records
Unterfelden belonged to the parish of Suhr until 1959, when it became an independent parish. See Suhr for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Unterentfelden:
 * 1837 (images 351-364)
 * 1850: Form A (images 480-496)
 * 1850: Form B (images 497-498)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Unterentfelden 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)