Remigen, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Remigen, 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 Remigen is in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) NNW of Brugg, at a transition point between two areas of the Jura mountains, in the North-west corner of the plain of Rüfenach. However, the parish only includes the steep southern slope: the extensive neighboring 2,000 ft (610 m) high plateau belongs to Villigen. Two valleys separated by the Bützeberg (2100 ft) lie to the west. The northern of the two valleys leads to the Bürersteig (1800 ft), a pass leading to the Rhine valley. The southern valley leads into the Mönthal valley. The extreme westerly point of the parish is the Burghalde (2100 ft). The height ranges from 1,200 ft (370 m) to 2,300 ft (700 m).

Remigen (as of 2009) has an area of 7.87 km² (3.04 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 36.5% - agricultural purposes
 * 56.4% - forested
 * 7.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.1% - either rivers or lakes
 * 0.4% - non-productive

History
In 1227, Remigen was first mentioned by the name of Raemingen.

The population history of Remigen is: 1764 - 318 inhabitants 1850 - 690 inhabitants 1900 - 511 inhabitants 1950 - 511 inhabitants 1980 - 662 inhabitants 2000 - 1,050 inhabitants 2012 - 1,064 inhabitants 2020 - 1,326 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 26.1% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 59.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

The Chapel of St. Peter from the 11th-12th centuries Century with frescoes from the second half of the 15th century is a subsidiary of the parish of Rein.

Church Records
Remigen belongs to the parish of Rein. See Rein for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Remigen:
 * 1837 (images 308-316)
 * 1850: Form A (images 299-316]
 * 1850: Form B (image 317)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Remigen 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)