Attelwil, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Attelwil, 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 Attelwil is in the Zofingen district and the Aargau canton. It is located on the left side of the upper Suhre river valley. The municipality of Attelwil consists of the haufendorf village (an unplanned and closely packed village built around a central square) of Attelwil.

Attelwil (as of 2009) has an area of 2.22 km² (0.86 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 51.8% - agricultural purposes
 * 34.2% - forested
 * 13.1% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1306, Attelwil was first mentioned by the name of Attelwile. Attelwil is in the Zofingen district and the Aargau canton.

On 1 January 2019, the municipality of Attelwil merged with the municipality of Reitnau.

The population history of Attelwil is: 1798 - 179 inhabitants 1850 - 282 inhabitants 1900 - 263 inhabitants 1950 - 219 inhabitants 1990 - 282 inhabitants 2000 - 303 inhabitants 2010 - 298 inhabitants 2018 - 302 inhabitants 2020 - 302 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 19.8% were Roman Catholic
 * 71.6% were Swiss Reformed Church

Attelwil belonged to the church of Reitnau.

Church Records
Attelwil belongs to the parish of Reitnau. See Reitnau for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Attelwil:
 * 1837 (images 153-159)
 * 1850: Form A (images 475-481)
 * 1850: Form B (image 482)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Attelwil 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)