Ziefen Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Ziefen Parish, 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 Ziefen is in the Liestal district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. It is located along the Hintere Frenke.

Ziefen (as of 2009) has an area of 7.8 km² (3.0 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 42.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 48.8% - forested
 * 8.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.4% - rivers or lakes

History
In 1225, Ziefen was first mentioned by the name of Ciuenne. Ziefen is in the Liestal district and the Basel-Landschaft canton.

The population history of Ziefen is: 1497 - 78 inhabitants 1680 - 345 inhabitants 1774 - 625 inhabitants 1834 - 760 inhabitants 1850 - 910 inhabitants 1860 - 1,014 inhabitants 1870 - 1,016 inhabitants 1880 - 912 inhabitants 1888 - 918 inhabitants 1900 - 901 inhabitants 1910 - 905 inhabitants 1920 - 867 inhabitants 1930 - 906 inhabitants 1941 - 861 inhabitants 1950 - 891 inhabitants 1960 - 947 inhabitants 1970 - 1,012 inhabitants 1980 - 954 inhabitants 1990 - 1,056 inhabitants 2000 - 1,349 inhabitants 2021 - 1,631 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 13.7% were Roman Catholic
 * 62.3% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.67% were Orthodox Church
 * 0.15% were Christian Catholic Church

In 1302, the Saint-Blaise church was mentioned. In 1535, Ziefen united with the Bubendorf parish. In 1810, Ziefen separated and formed a parish with Arboldswil and Lupsingen.

Church Records
Ziefen was part of the parish of Bubendorf until 1811, when it became the center of independent parish, along with the municipalities of Arboldswil and Lupsingen. For earlier records, see Bubendorf.

Parish records for Ziefen are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 34 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1750-1916 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1780-1923 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1760-1908 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1785-1875 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1761-1914 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - organized by location

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Ziefen:
 * 1815 (images 523-542)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Ziefen 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)