Maladers Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Maladers Parish, Graubünden, 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 Maladers is in the Plessur Region and the Graubünden canton. It is located at the entrance to the Schanfiggs valley. It includes the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Maladers and the hamlets of Sax and Brandacker.

Maladers (as of 2004/09) has an area of 7.59 km² (2.93 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 28.1% - agricultural purposes
 * 63.7% - forested
 * 4.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 3.9% - non-productive

History
In 1156, Maladers was first mentioned by the name of de Maladru. Before 2017, Maladers was in the Schanfigg sub-district of the Plessur district and the Graubünden canton. After 2017, Maladers became part of the Plessur Region.

Chur and Maladers merged into the Chur municipality on 1 January 2020.

The population history of Maladers is: 1850 - 253 inhabitants 1860 - 271 inhabitants 1870 - 288 inhabitants 1880 - 366 inhabitants 1888 - 346 inhabitants 1900 - 341 inhabitants 1910 - 387 inhabitants 1920 - 418 inhabitants 1930 - 407 inhabitants 1941 - 424 inhabitants 1950 - 448 inhabitants 1960 - 435 inhabitants 1970 - 454 inhabitants 1980 - 458 inhabitants 1990 - 513 inhabitants 2000 - 506 inhabitants 2010 - 498 inhabitants 2015 - 506 inhabitants 2020 - 519 inhabitants

The Church of St. Desiderius in Maladers is mentioned around 1150. Since 1487, pastors can be found in Maladers. In 1635, the town adopted the Reformation.

Church Records
Original church records are held in the local municipal archive or civil registration office. Microfilm copies are available at the Graubünden State Archives.

Digital images of some church records are available on FamilySearch. These records have a restriction for use only at a FamilySearch center near you.

Reformed
Maladers was very much associated with Chur, even after Maladers became refored in 1635. Church records begin in 1825. The following volume is available on FamilySearch:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1825-1876

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Maladers:
 * 1835
 * 1838
 * 1848
 * 1850
 * 1850, form C

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876.

Duplicate civil registration registers are located at the Graubünden State Archives. The following records are available:
 * Both A and B registers are available through 1916-1917 and are open without restriction.
 * Family registers are available from at latest 1860 through 1910; these records are viewable but require permission to access. For more information, contact the State Archive.

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Graubünden

Societies
Rätische Vereinigung für Familienforschung (RVFF)

Società Genealogica della Svizzera italiana (SGSI)