Bubendorf Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Bubendorf Parish, 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 Bubendorf is in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. It is situated at the entrance to the Reigoldswiler valley. It includes the linear village of Bubendorf.

Bubendorf (as of 2009) has an area of 10.8 km² (4.2 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 38.1% - agricultural purposes
 * 46.1% - forested
 * 14.9% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.0% - either rivers or lakes
 * 0.2% - non-productive

History
In 1152, Bubendorf was first mentioned by the name of Bouenonowe.

The population history of Bubendorf is: 1497 - 132 inhabitants 1680 - 436 inhabitants 1770 - 706 inhabitants 1850 - 1,485 inhabitants 1860 - 1,346 inhabitants 1870 - 1,373 inhabitants 1880 - 1,341 inhabitants 1888 - 1,430 inhabitants 1900 - 1,376 inhabitants 1910 - 1,337 inhabitants 1920 - 1,307 inhabitants 1930 - 1,372 inhabitants 1941 - 1,338 inhabitants 1950 - 1,390 inhabitants 1960 - 1,690 inhabitants 1970 - 2,070 inhabitants 1980 - 2,218 inhabitants 1990 - 3,218 inhabitants 2000 - 4,262 inhabitants 2021 - 4,369 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 19.8% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 58.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.26% belonged to an Orthodox church
 * 0.14% belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
 * 3.61% belonged to another Christian church
 * 3.31% belonged to the Islamic faith

The Church of Our Lady, attested for the first time in 1302-1304 and incorporated in 1401 to the chapter of Basel. The church was refurbished in 1495 in late Gothic style. Bubendorf adopted the Reformation in 1529. From 1535 to 1810, the parish of Bubendorf, which also consisted of Ramlinsburg, was united with that of Ziefen.

Church Records
The church in Bubendorf was first mentioned in 1302; in 1529, the area became Reformed. The parish includes the municipalities of Ramlingsburg, and included the municipalities of Arboldswil, Lupsingen, and Ziefen until 1810.

Parish records for Bubendorf are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 36 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1529-1917 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1529-1920 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1795-1942 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1752-1929 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1871-1904 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - organized by community

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Bubendorf:
 * 1815 (images 320-345)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Bubendorf 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)