Mülligen, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Mülligen, Aargau, 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 Mülligen is in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The municipality is situated near the Reuss river and along the southern slope of the Eiteberg. It includes the village of Mülligen and the hamlet of Trotte.

Mülligen (as of 2009) has an area of 3.16 km² (1.22 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 36.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 32.0% - forested
 * 28.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.5% - either rivers or lakes
 * 0.3% - non-productive

History
In the 12th century, Mülligen was first mentioned by the name of Mülinon. It was known as Mülinen until the 17th century.

The population history of Mülligen is: 1764 - 151 inhabitants 1803 - 320 inhabitants 1850 - 397 inhabitants 1900 - 374 inhabitants 1950 - 377 inhabitants 2000 - 780 inhabitants 2020 - 1,074 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 34.7% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 52.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.26% belonged to the Christian Catholic faith

Spiritually, Mülligen belonged to the Windisch parish.

Church Records
Mülligen belongs to the parish of Windisch. See Windisch for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Mülligen:
 * 1837 (images 293-297)
 * 1850: Form A (images 268-277)
 * 1850: Form B (image 278)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Bern (GHGB)