Wangen Parish, Zürich, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Wangen parish, Zurich, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Wangen and Brüttisellen have been united as a municipality since 1831.

Surrounding Parishes
Bassersdorf Dietlikon Dübendorf Lindau Volketswil

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

The following censuses are available for Wangen:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Wangen families:

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876. Wangen-Brüttisellen belongs to the Dübendorf civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Zivilstands- und Bestattungsamt Dübendorf Usterstrasse 2 8600 Dübendorf

Tel: +41 44 801 83 30

Internet contact can be found here.

email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@duebendorf.ch zivilstandsamt@duebendorf.ch]

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Wangen prior to 1875:

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Zürich