Hemmental Parish, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Genealogy

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



Geography
The Municipality of Hemmental is in the Schaffhausen district and in the Schaffhausen canton. It is located at the foot of the Randen mountains and about 4.5 km (2.8 mi) outside of the Schaffhausen city limits. Hemmental (as of 2006) had an area of 10.9 km² (4.2 square miles). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 26.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 70.3% - forested
 * 3.0% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1090, Hemmental was first mentioned by the name of Hemental. The Hemmental municipality is in the Schaffhausen canton. In 2009, Hemmental merged with Schaffhausen municipality.

The population history of Hemmental is: 1771 - 241 inhabitants 1798 - 305 inhabitants 1836 - 372 inhabitants 1850 - 409 inhabitants 1900 - 496 inhabitants 1950 - 409 inhabitants 2000 - 513 inhabitants

In 1492, the church of Saint Nicolas was first mentioned. It has survived until today and has been transformed and enlarged.

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 Hemmental:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Hemmental families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Schaffhausen