Unterlunkhofen, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Unterlunkhofen, 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 Unterlunkhofen is in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located on the Bremgarten-Zug road is elevated above the river plain to the east of the Reuss.

Unterlunkhofen (as of 2006) has an area of 4.5 km² (1.7 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 51.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 26.6% - forested
 * 8.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 13.4% - non-productive (rivers or lakes)

History
In 12th century, Unterlunkhofen was first mentioned by the name of Nidrenlunkof (copy of the 14th century). In 1271, it is also mentioned as Niedern Lunkuft.

The population history of Unterlunkhofen is: 1850 - 442 inhabitants 1900 - 364 inhabitants 1950 - 379 inhabitants 1975 - 399 inhabitants 1980 - 415 inhabitants 1990 - 758 inhabitants 2000 - 1,235 inhabitants 2020 - 1,499 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 51.8% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 30.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Spiritually, Unterlunkhofen belonged to Oberlunkhofen. The Notre-Dame chapel, attested in 1672, was replaced in 1937.

Church Records
Unterlunkhofen belongs to the parish of Oberlunkhofen. See Oberlunkhofen for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Unterlunkhofen:
 * 1837 (images 15-21)
 * 1850: Form A (images 518-529)
 * 1850: Form B (image 530)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Central Swiss Society for Family History (ZGF)