Bottmingen, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Bottmingen, 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 Bottmingen (Swiss German: Bottmige) is in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. It is located along the Birsig river. It was absorbed by the agglomeration of Basel over the course of the 19th century. Bottmingen belonged to Binningen until 1837.

Bottmingen (as of 2009) has an area of 2.99 km² (1.15 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 25.8% - agricultural purposes
 * 18.4% - forested
 * 53.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.7% - either rivers or lakes
 * 0.3% - non-productive

History
In 1246, Bottmingen was first mentioned by the name of Bothmingen.

Bottmingen belonged to Binningen until 1837.

The population history of Bottmingen is: 1699 - 201 inhabitants 1774 - 210 inhabitants 1850 - 438 inhabitants 1860 - 531 inhabitants 1870 - 585 inhabitants 1880 - 639 inhabitants 1888 - 747 inhabitants 1900 - 851 inhabitants 1910 - 873 inhabitants 1920 - 987 inhabitants 1930 - 1,194 inhabitants 1941 - 1,151 inhabitants 1950 - 1,411 inhabitants 1960 - 2,498 inhabitants 1970 - 3,976 inhabitants 1980 - 4,870 inhabitants 1990 - 5,534 inhabitants 2000 - 5,508 inhabitants 2021 - 6,924 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 29.4% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 41.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.94% belonged to an Orthodox church
 * 0.38% belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
 * 2.20% belonged to another Christian church
 * 0.24% belonged to the Jewish faith
 * 2.21% belonged to the Islamic faith

From the 14th century onwards, St. Margarethen, whose district included Binningen, Bottmingen, and Gundeldingen (Basle municipality), was a branch of St. Ulrich in Basel. After the Reformation in 1529-1708, the church became a branch of the St. Elisabethenkirche in Basel. From 1896, the parish church for Binningen and Bottmingen has been St. Margarethen.

Church Records
Bottmingen belongs to the parish of Binningen. For church records, see Binningen.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Bottmingen:
 * 1815 (images 582-591)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Bottmingen 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)