Densbüren Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Densbüren, 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 Densbüren is in the Aarau District of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located on the northern slope of the Staffelegg Pass, a regionally important pass over the Jura Mountains. It includes the linear village of Densbüren and the hamlets of Asp.

Densbüren (as of 2006) has an area of 12.6 km² (4.9 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 39.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 55.7% - forested
 * 4.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.2% - non-productive (rivers or lakes)

History
In 14th century, Densbüren was first mentioned by the name of Tensbuirron. It was mentioned again in 1426 as Teinspuiren.

The population history of Densbüren is: 1764 - 469 inhabitants 1798 - 666 inhabitants 1850 - 1,167 inhabitants 1900 - 934 inhabitants 1950 - 772 inhabitants 1980 - 596 inhabitants 2000 - 72 inhabitants 2020 - 728 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 15.7% were Roman Catholic
 * 73.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Spiritually, Densbüren came under Herznach, became a subsidiary of Elfingen at the Reformation in 1528. It was erected into a parish in 1642. The church dates from 1550-1560.

Church Records
Initially a part of the parish of Bözen, Densbüren became an independent parish in 1642.

Original church records are located onsite at the Densbüren municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms, marriages 1562-1640; burials 1665-1748 (extract dated 1894)
 * Baptisms 1637-1736; marriages 1636-1752
 * Baptisms 1737-1752
 * Baptisms 1752-1817
 * Marriages 1752-1852
 * Burials 1676-1752; confirmations 1729-1751
 * Burials 1752-1817
 * Confirmations 1708-1729, 1752-1913
 * Family book Densbüren 1780-1860
 * Family book Densbüren 1805-1873
 * Family book Asp 1780-1862
 * Family book Asp 1804-1862

The following church records are only available onsite at the Densbüren municipal archive:
 * Baptisms 1817-1869
 * Baptisms 1870-1875
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages, non-resident citizens 1817-1871
 * Burials 1817-1875

Post-1875 church records are found onsite at the Densbüren parish church office.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Densbüren:
 * 1837 (images 287-309)
 * 1850: Form A (images 171-198)
 * 1850: Form B (image 199)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Densbüren 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)