Schwaderloch, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Schwaderloch, 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 municipality of Schwaderloch is in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is a strassendorf on a narrow low terrace south of the Rhine.

Schwaderloch (as of 2009) has an area of 2.78 km² (1.07 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 36.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 42.1% - forested
 * 11.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 10.4% - either rivers or lakes
 * 0.4% - non-productive

History
In 1318, Schwaderloch was first mentioned by the name of Swatterla.

The population history of Schwaderloch is: 1850 - 388 inhabitants 1900 - 448 inhabitants 1950 - 513 inhabitants 1975 - 489 inhabitants 1980 - 464 inhabitants 1990 - 522 inhabitants 2000 - 670 inhabitants 2020 - 689 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 62.1% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 20.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Schwaderloch was first a parish belonging to Leuggern. In 1788, it became part of the parish of Mettau and in 1880 to the newly established parish of Leibstadt. In 1956, Schwaderloch formed its own parish.

Church Records
Schwaderloch belonged to the parish of Leuggern until 1788. From 1788-1880, it belonged to the parish of Mettau. In 1880, it was transferred to Leibstadt; in 1956, it became an independent parish. See Mettau and Leuggern for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Schwaderloch:
 * 1837 (images 38-45)
 * 1850: Form A (images 572-581)
 * 1850: Form B (image 582)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Schwaderloch 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 Region Basel (GHGRB)