Zürich Sankt Peter Parish, Zürich, Switzerland Genealogy

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Geography
The parish of Sankt Peter served portions of the city of Zürich, as well as the civil parishes of Aussersihl, Enge, Leimbach, and Wiedikon. In 1529, Altstetten, which had belonged to the church parish of Sankt Peter, was established as an independent Protestant parish. In 1702, Sankt Peter obtained the civil parish of Wollishofen, which became independent in 1854.

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

Some censuses are listed under the filial parishes that belonged to Sankt Peter. The following censuses are available for the entire church parish of Sankt Peter:

Additionally, the chapelry of Sankt Jakob, part of the civil parish of Wiedikon and the church parish of Sankt Peter, has available censuses for the following years:

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Zürich