Rottenschwil, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Rottenschwil, 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 Rottenschwil is in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is situated on the left bank of the Reuss river. It includes the village of Rottenschwil and the hamlets of Stägen and Werd.

Rottenschwil (as of 2009) has an area of 4.49 km² (1.73 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 55.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 23.8% - forested
 * 7.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 5.3% - either rivers or lakes
 * 7.6% - non-productive

History
In 1281, Rottenschwil was first mentioned by the name of Rotolfswile.

The population history of Rottenschwil is: 1803 - 257 inhabitants 1850 - 378 inhabitants 1888 - 300 inhabitants 1900 - 403 inhabitants 1950 - 274 inhabitants 2000 - 806 inhabitants 2020 - 911 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 58.2% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 27.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Rottenschwil was part of the church in Oberlunkhofen.

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

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

Werd was a separate municipality until 1899, when it became part of Rottenschwil. During these censuses, it was enumerated separately. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Rottenschwil and Werd:

Rottenschwil

 * 1837 (images 494-499)
 * 1850: Form A (images 71-79)
 * 1850: Form B (image 80)

Werd

 * 1837 (images 511-515)
 * 1850: Form A (images 103-106)
 * 1850: Form B (image 107)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Rottenschwil 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)