Bottenwil, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Bottenwil, 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 Bottenwil is in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The municipality is located in the upper Uerkental. It includes the linear village of Bottenwil.

Bottenwil (as of 2009) has an area of 5.1 km² (2.0 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 48.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 42.4% - forested
 * 8.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 4.9% - either rivers or lakes

History
In 1189, Bottenwil was first mentioned by the name of Botanwile.

The population history of Bottenwil is: 1798 - 556 inhabitants 1850 - 960 inhabitants 1900 - 762 inhabitants 1950 - 706 inhabitants 1980 - 660 inhabitants 2000 - 799 inhabitants 2020 - 823 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 14.4% were Roman Catholic
 * 69.3% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.25% were Christian Catholic Church

Spiritually, Bottenwil depended on Schöftland.

Church Records
Bottenwil belongs to the parish of Schöftland. See Schöftland for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Bottenwil:
 * 1837 (images 135-153)
 * 1850: Form A (images 489-512)
 * 1850: Form B (image 513)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Bottenwil 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)