Villnachern, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Villnachern, 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 Villnachern is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton. It is located in the Talbach valley between the Jura and the Aar. Villnachern is a homonymous village and includes a few farms.

Villnachern (as of 2009) has an area of 5.74 km² (2.22 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 29.1% - agricultural purposes
 * 49.7% - forested
 * 12.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 7.0% - rivers or lakes
 * 0.7% - non-productive

History
In 1141, Villnachern was first mentioned by the name of Filnacker. Villnachern is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

The population history of Villnachern is: 1764 - 282 inhabitants 1831 - 502 inhabitants 1850 - 504 inhabitants 1900 - 421 inhabitants 1950 - 644 inhabitants 1975 - 989 inhabitants 1980 - 1,062 inhabitants 1990 - 1,317 inhabitants 2000 - 1,224 inhabitants 2020 - 1,654 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 24.9% were Roman Catholic
 * 56.0% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.33% were Christian Catholic Church

Spiritually, Villnachern was part of Umiken. At the end of the 15th century, a pilgrimage chapel between Umiken and Villnachern was built.

Church Records
Villnachern belongs to the parish of Umiken. See Umiken for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Villnachern:
 * 1837 (images 399-406)
 * 1850: Form A (images 476-490)
 * 1850: Form B (image 491)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Villnachern 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)