Maisprach, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Maisprach, 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 Maisprach is in the Sissach district and the Basel-Landschaft canton. It is located on the southern slope of Sonnenberg Mountain.

Maisprach (as of 2009) has an area of 5.07 km² (1.96 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 50.1% - agricultural purposes
 * 38.9% - forested
 * 10.1% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1247, Maisprach was first mentioned by the name of Mesbache. Maisprach is in the Sissach district and the Basel-Landschaft canton.

The population history of Maisprach is: 1774 - 280 inhabitants 1850 - 543 inhabitants 1860 - 541 inhabitants 1870 - 553 inhabitants 1880 - 527 inhabitants 1888 - 546 inhabitants 1900 - 578 inhabitants 1910 - 556 inhabitants 1920 - 501 inhabitants 1930 - 452 inhabitants 1941 - 428 inhabitants 1950 - 454 inhabitants 1960 - 488 inhabitants 1970 - 483 inhabitants 1980 - 537 inhabitants 1990 - 651 inhabitants 2000 - 885 inhabitants 2021 - 941 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 18.6% were Roman Catholic
 * 58.2% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.34% were Christian Catholic Church
 * 1.36% were Other Christian Church

In the 13th century, a church dedicated to the Virgin was built. In the 14th century, Maisprach belonged to the Thierstein parish. In the 16th century, Maisprach belonged to the Basel parish. In 1535, Maisprach reunited with the Buus parish.

Church Records
Maisprach was part of the parish of Buus until 1935. For church records, see Buus.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Maisprach:
 * 1815 (images 473-484)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Maisprach 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)