Ennetmoos, Nidwalden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Ennetmoos, Nidwalden, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
As of 2006, Ennetmoos has an area of 14.1 square kilometers (5.4 sq mi). The municipality consists of the village of Ennetmoos and the hamlets of St. Jakob, Rohren, Allweg/Grueb, and Rotzloch.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 47.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 43.9% - forested
 * 5.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.4% - rivers, glaciers or mountains

History
The first mention of Ennetmoos was in 1311 or 1315 as Ennetmooss.

Ennetmoos was established as a municipality in 1850 from Stans.

The population history of Ennetmoos is: 1850 - 712 inhabitants 1880 - 689 inhabitants 1888 - 763 inhabitants 1900 - 699 inhabitants 1950 - 849 inhabitants 1980 - 1347 inhabitants 2000 - 1875 inhabitants

Properties in the municipal area are documented around 1150 in the Urbar of Muri Abbey and around 1190 in the Urbar of Engelberg Monastery. The first buildings on the Rotzberg have been recorded for the 11th century. Ürte Ennetmoos, first mentioned in 1389, united with Ürte Ödwil/Allweg towards the end of the 15th century. Probably in 1313, 1483, and 1504 letters of indulgence attest to the chapel of St. James, which became a place of pilgrimage, and in 1600, the church was restored. Ennetmoos became a parish in 1972, separating from that of Stans. The hamlet of Sankt Jakob served Nidwalden occasionally as a conference venue with Obwalden. On September 9th, 1798 Ennetmoos battlefield was in the war of the French Army against Nidwalden. The chapels, rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th-century, Saint-Jacques, Saint-Léonard (built in 1616, 1717) and Saint-Magnus (built in 1672) were destroyed, along with many houses and stables.

Surrounding parishes
Alpenach (OW) Dallenwil Kerns (OW) Stans Stansstad

Church Records
The parish of Ennetmoos was established in 1972. Before 1972, Ennetmoos belonged to the parish of Stans. The parish records for Stans begin in 1581.

These church records can be accessed onsite on microfilm at the Nidwalden State Archives. The archive does not undertake family research for private researchers, but the archive will provide a list of local researchers.

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876. Ennetmoos belongs to the Nidwalden civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Zivilstandsamt Nidwalden Marktgasse 3 Postfach 1244 CH - 6371 Stans

Tel: +41 618 72 60

email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@nw.ch zivilstandsamt@nw.ch]

Duplicate civil registration registers are located at the Nidwalden State Archives. The following records are viewable in person:
 * Births before 1900
 * Marriages before 1930
 * Deaths before 1960

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Nidwalden

Societies
Zentralschweizerische Gesellschaft für Familienforschung (in German)