Rickenbach, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Rickenbach, 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 Rickenbach is in the Sissach district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. It is located in a side valley off the Ergolz valley.

Rickenbach (as of 2009) has an area of 2.89 km² (1.12 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 56.1% - agricultural purposes
 * 32.9% - forested
 * 10.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.3% - non-productive

History
In 1274, Rickenbach was first mentioned by the name of Richenbah. Rickenbach is in the Sissach district and the Basel-Landschaft canton.

The population history of Rickenbach is: 1850 - 289 inhabitants 1860 - 302 inhabitants 1870 - 304 inhabitants 1880 - 294 inhabitants 1888 - 299 inhabitants 1900 - 294 inhabitants 1910 - 279 inhabitants 1920 - 302 inhabitants 1930 - 306 inhabitants 1941 - 261 inhabitants 1950 - 286 inhabitants 1960 - 302 inhabitants 1970 - 331 inhabitants 1980 - 352 inhabitants 1990 - 440 inhabitants 2000 - 521 inhabitants 2010 - 548 inhabitants 2021 - 612 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 14.0% were Roman Catholic
 * 63.7% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.38% were Orthodox Church
 * 0.77% were Christian Catholic Church
 * 1.15% were Other Christian Church

Rickenbach belongs to the Gelterkinden parish. In the Middle Ages, a chapel was established. It was demolished in 1536.

Church Records
Rickenbach belongs to the parish of Gelterkinden. For church records, see Gelterkinden.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Rickenbach:
 * 1815 (images 195-202)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Rickenbach 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)