Lohn Parish, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Lohn Parish, Schaffhausen, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.



Geography
The municipality of Lohn is in the Reiat district and in the Schaffhausen canton. It is located on a plateau of the Reiat hills. Lohn is a closely packed village built around a central square. Lohn (as of 2006) had an area of 4.9 km² (1.9 square miles). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 56.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 35.7% - forested
 * 7.4% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.4% - unproductive land

History
In 1238, Lohn was first mentioned by the name of Lône. The Lohn municipality is in the Schaffhausen canton.

The population history of Lohn is: 1798 - 248 inhabitants 1836 - 308 inhabitants 1850 - 340 inhabitants 1900 - 352 inhabitants 1950 - 403 inhabitants 2000 - 634 inhabitants 2016 - 765 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 14.8% were Roman Catholic
 * 72.9% were Swiss Reformed Church

In 1259, the Church of St. Martin was first mentioned. In 2006, the parish included Lohn, Büttenhardt, and Stetten. Prior to this time, the parish included up to eight municipalities.

Church Records
The parish records for Canton Schaffhausen are found online from the Cantonal Archive of Schaffhausen. They can be accessed here.

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Lohn:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Lohn families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Schaffhausen