Wohlenschwil Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Wohlenschwil Parish, 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 former municipality of Wohlenschwil is in the Baden district and the Aargau canton. It is located at the foot of the frontal moraine of the Reuss glacier near Mellingen. The municipality of Wohlenschwil includes the village-street of Wohlenschwil and the village of Büblikon.

Wohlenschwil (as of 2006) has an area of 4.4 km² (1.7 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 47.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 35.1% - forested
 * 14.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.5% - non-productive

History
In 924, Wohlenschwil was first mentioned by the name of Woleeswilare. Wohlenschwil is in the Baden district and the Aargau canton.

The population history of Wohlenschwil is: 1799 - 216 inhabitants 1850 - 461 inhabitants 1900 - 336 inhabitants 1910 - 635 inhabitants 1950 - 702 inhabitants 1975 - 770 inhabitants 1980 - 841 inhabitants 1990 - 1,094 inhabitants 2000 - 1,268 inhabitants 2020 - 1,677 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 52.0% were Roman Catholic
 * 30.4% were Swiss Reformed Church

In 12th century, a church was mentioned. It was renovated several times. In 1909, the church was decommissioned and replaced by the Saint-Léger parish church.

Church Records
The parish of Wohlenschwil was first mentioned in the twelfth century; the parish church is called St. Leodegar. It includes the former municipality of Büblikon, and included the municipality of Mägenwil until 1904.

Original church records are located onsite at the Wohlenschwil parish church office. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1630-1737; marriages, burials 1654-1727; confirmations 1710-1723
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1735-1796; confirmations 1768-1795

The following church records, as well as all post-1875 church records, are available onsite in the Wohlenschwil parish church office:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1796-1834
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1796-1823 (organized by location)
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1874
 * Burials 1817-1875

Note: Marriages 1834-1876 are missing.

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

Büblikon was a separate municipality until 1906, when it became part of Wohlenschwil. During these censuses, it was enumerated separately. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Wohlenschwil and Büblikon:

Wohlenschwil

 * 1837 (images 588-595)
 * 1850: Form A (images 225-236)
 * 1850: Form B (image 237)

Büblikon

 * 1837 (image 411-417)
 * 1850: Form A (images 628-636)
 * 1850: Form B (image 637)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Wohlenschwil 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 Zürich (GHGZ)