Wergenstein, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Wergenstein / Vargistagn, 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 Casti-Wergenstein (Romansh: Vargistagn) is in the Schams sub-district of the Hinterrhein district and the Graubünden canton. It is located in the upper part of the Schamserberg at an elevation of 1485 meters.

Casti-Wergenstein (as of 2004/09) has an area of 25.62 km² (9.89 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 50.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 9.1% - forested
 * 0.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 40.2% - non-productive

History
In 1219, Wergenstein was first mentioned as Vergasteno. In 1204, Casti was first mentioned by the name of ad Castellum. Casti-Wergenstein (Romansh: Vargistagn) is in the Hinterrhein district and the Graubünden canton. After 2017, it was part of the Viamala Region.

In 1923, the municipality of Casti-Wergenstein was created with the merge of Casti and Wergenstein municipalities. Casti-Wergenstein merged into the Muntogna da Schons municipality on 1 January 2021. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Donat
 * Lohn
 * Mathon

The population history of Casti-Wergenstein is: 1808 - 85 inhabitants 1850 - 95 inhabitants 1860 - 76 inhabitants 1870 - 65 inhabitants 1880 - 73 inhabitants 1888 - 52 inhabitants 1900 - 45 inhabitants (22 in Wergenstein) 1910 - 33 inhabitants 1920 - 43 inhabitants (23 in Wergenstein) 1930 - 40 inhabitants 1941 - 66 inhabitants 1950 - 52 inhabitants 1960 - 43 inhabitants 1970 - 36 inhabitants 1980 - 36 inhabitants 1990 - 43 inhabitants 2000 - 56 inhabitants 2010 - 59 inhabitants 2015 - 52 inhabitants 2019 - 54 inhabitants 2020 - 56 inhabitants

Before 1538, The Reformation was adopted. In 1538, the Saint-Calixte chapel was mentioned.

Church Records
Wergenstein belongs to the parish of Mathon. See Mathon for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Wergenstein:
 * 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 Wergenstein 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)