Titterten, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Titterten, 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 municipality of Titterten is in the Waldenburg district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. It is located in a saddle between the valleys of the Vordere Frenke and the Hintere Frenke.

Titterten (as of 2009) has an area of 3.71 km² (1.43 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 56.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 36.4% - forested
 * 6.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.3% - non-productive

History
In 1152, Titterten was first mentioned by the name of Ditritu. Titterten is in the Waldenburg district and the Basel-Landschaft canton.

The population history of Titterten is: 1699 - 165 inhabitants 1798 - 315 inhabitants 1850 - 392 inhabitants 1860 - 411 inhabitants 1870 - 420 inhabitants 1880 - 402 inhabitants 1888 - 410 inhabitants 1900 - 386 inhabitants 1910 - 374 inhabitants 1920 - 336 inhabitants 1930 - 319 inhabitants 1941 - 322 inhabitants 1950 - 333 inhabitants 1960 - 342 inhabitants 1970 - 305 inhabitants 1980 - 320 inhabitants 1990 - 371 inhabitants 2000 - 380 inhabitants 2021 - 430 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 5.8% were Roman Catholic
 * 83.9% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.53% were Other Christian Church

In the 8th century, the Saint-Martin church was mentioned. From 1525, Titterten belonged to the parish of Saint-Pierre in Oberdorf. From 1765, Titterten belonged to the Reigoldswil parish.

Church Records
Titterten belonged to the parish of Waldenburg until 1765, when it was transferred to the parish of Reigoldswil. For church records, see Waldenburg and Reigoldswil.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Titterten:
 * 1815 (images 503-511)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Titterten 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)