Wittinsburg, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Wittinsburg, Basel-Landschaft, 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 Wittinsburg is in the Sissach district and the Aargau canton. It is located on the eastern slope of the hill separating the Diegtertal from the Homburgertal.

Wittinsburg (as of 2009) has an area of 3.21 km² (1.24 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 59.8% - agricultural purposes
 * 31.8% - forested
 * 8.1% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1353, Wittinsburg was first mentioned by the name of Wittersperg. Wittinsburg is in the Sissach district and the Aargau canton.

The population history of Wittinsburg is: 1680 - 127 inhabitants 1798 - 181 inhabitants 1850 - 245 inhabitants 1860 - 255 inhabitants 1870 - 245 inhabitants 1880 - 253 inhabitants 1888 - 271 inhabitants 1900 - 241 inhabitants 1910 - 220 inhabitants 1920 - 230 inhabitants 1930 - 213 inhabitants 1941 - 214 inhabitants 1950 - 217 inhabitants 1960 - 197 inhabitants 1970 - 249 inhabitants 1980 - 242 inhabitants 1990 - 269 inhabitants 2000 - 335 inhabitants 2021 - 434 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 6.9% were Roman Catholic
 * 77.3% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 1.49% were Orthodox Church
 * 5.67% were Other Christian Church

Spiritually, Wittinsburg belonged to the Sissach parish. Since 1501, Wittinsburg belonged to the Rümlingen parish. In the 15th century, the chapel of Saint-Martin was built.

Church Records
Wittinsburg belongs to the parish of Rümlingen. For church records, see Rümlingen.

Census
(See here for information regarding Basel-Landschaft census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Wittinsburg:
 * 1815 (images 295-300)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Basel-Landschaft

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Region Basel (GHGRB)