Stein am Rhein Parish, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Stein am Rhein Parish, Schaffhausen, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.



Geography
The municipality of Stein am Rhein is in the Stein district and in the Schaffhausen canton. It is the capital of the Stein district. Stein am Rhein is located at the foot of the Klingenberg on the banks of the Rhine. It is at the western end of the Lower Lake of Constance. Stein am Rhein (as of 2018) had an area of 6.05 km² (2.34 square miles). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 29.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 42.4% - forested
 * 22.0% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 5.7% - unproductive land

History
In 833, Stein am Rhein was first mentioned by the name of Stein. It was later known as Lithopolis or Gaunodurum. The Stein am Rhein municipality is in the Schaffhausen canton.

The population history of Stein am Rhein is: 1500 - 1,200 inhabitants 1583 - 1,720 inhabitants 1643 - 830 inhabitants 1798 - 1,148 inhabitants 1850 - 1,469 inhabitants 1900 - 1,777 inhabitants 1950 - 2,352 inhabitants 1990 - 2,815 inhabitants 2000 - 2,995 inhabitants 2020 - 3,561 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 25.1% were Roman Catholic
 * 50.6% were Swiss Reformed Church

Stein am Rhein has two parishes - Burg on the left bank and Stein-Hemisofen on the right bank. The Church of St. John in Burg is the oldest in the Schaffhausen canton.

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Stein am Rhein:

The following censuses are available for the parish of Burg:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Stein am Rhein families:

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Stein am Rhein prior to 1875:

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Schaffhausen