Neuenhof, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Neuenhof, 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 Neuenhof (German: Limmattal) is in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The municipality is situated between the Heitersberg and the Limmat river. It includes the village of Neuenhof along the former village stream, and the farming village of Rüsler as well as a new housing development.

Neuenhof (as of 2006) has an area of 5.4 km² (2.1 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 17.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 51% - forested
 * 26.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 5.2% - non-productive (rivers or lakes)

History
In 1393, Neuenhof was first mentioned by the name of ob dem nuiwem Hof.

The municipalities of Baden and Neuenhof planned a merger by 1 January 2012 into a new municipality which would be known as Baden. This was denied by a referendum in Baden in 2010.

The population history of Neuenhof is: 1780 - 179 inhabitants 1803 - 200 inhabitants 1850 - 394 inhabitants 1900 - 872 inhabitants 1950 - 1,986 inhabitants 2000 - 7,613 inhabitants 2020 - 8,954 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 47.8% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 21.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.21% belonged to the Christian Catholic faith

On the spiritual level, Neuenhof was part of Dietikon in the Middle Ages, then after the Reformation probably on Wettingen. In 1765 a vicarage was founded, and in 1887 the parish of Neuenhof-Killwangen. In 1955, Killwangen divided from the parish of Neuenhof. Near the Saint-Joseph chapel (dedicated in 1705) was constructed the Catholic parish church of the same name (1886-1888). The Protestant community dedicated its church in 1955 and its parish house the following year.

Church Records
After recatholicization, Neuenhof belonged to the parish of Wettingen until 1887. See Wettingen for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Neuenhof:
 * 1837 (images 500-505)
 * 1850: Form A (images 40-49)
 * 1850: Form B (image 50)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Neuenhof prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Central Swiss Society for Family History (ZGF)