Oberehrendingen Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Oberehrendingen Parish, Aargau, 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 former municipality of Oberehrendingen is in the Baden district and the Aargau canton. On 1 January 2006, the municipalities of Oberehrendingen and Unterehrendingen merged into the new municipality of Ehrendingen. It is located on the northern flank of the Lägern mountain, along the Höhtal.

Ehrendingen (as of 2006) has an area of 7.3 km² (2.8 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 58.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 28.5% - forested
 * 13.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.1% - rivers or lakes

History
In 1040, Oberehrendingen was first mentioned by the name of Aradingin. In 1303 as Obern-Erendingen. Oberehrendingen is in the Baden district and the Aargau canton.

Until 1825, the communities of Oberehrendingen and Unterehrendingen formed a single political entity. Then, they were separated into separate municipalities. On 1 January 2006, the municipalities of Oberehrendingen and Unterehrendingen merged into the new municipality of Ehrendingen.

The population history of Oberehrendingen is: 1780 - 224 inhabitants 1850 - 553 inhabitants 1900 - 657 inhabitants 1950 - 884 inhabitants 2000 - 1,767 inhabitants

The population history of Ehrendingen is: 1900 - 966 inhabitants 1930 - 1,135 inhabitants 1950 - 1,337 inhabitants 1960 - 1,653 inhabitants 1970 - 2,362 inhabitants 1990 - 2,958 inhabitants 2000 - 3,299 inhabitants 2010 - 4,207 inhabitants 2020 - 4,880 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census for Ehrendingen:
 * 52.3% were Roman Catholic
 * 31.8% were Protestant Church
 * 2.2% were Muslim Church

In the 12th century, a Jewish synagogue is mentioned. Prior to Reformation, Oberehrendingen belonged to the parish of Niederweningen. In 1580, the Saint-Blaise chapel was built as a parish church.

Church Records
The Catholic parish, called St. Blasius, was first mentioned in 1580. It includes the former municipality of Unterehrendingen.

Original church records are located onsite at the Ehrendingen parish church office. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1636-1840
 * Marriages, burials 1720-1840

Post-1875 church records, as well as the following church records, are found onsite at the Ehrendingen parish church office.
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Burials 1817-1875

The following church volume is located at the Zurzach Catholic parish church office:
 * Family book Ehrendingen and Unterehrendingen 1838-1842

Census
(See here for information regarding Aargau census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Oberehrendingen:
 * 1837 (images 421-427)
 * 1850: Form A (images 650-665)
 * 1850: Form B (image 666)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Zürich (GHGZ)