Böttstein, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Böttstein, 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 Böttstein is in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located on the left bank of the Aare river a few kilometers from its confluence. It includes the villages of Böttstein and Kleindöttingen and the hamlets of Eien and Burlen.

Böttstein (as of 2009) has an area of 7.41 km² (2.86 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 34.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 35.1% - forested
 * 20.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 9.2% - either rivers or lakes
 * 1.5% - non-productive

History
In 1087, Böttstein was first mentioned by the name of Botistein.

The population history of Böttstein is: 1799 - 168 inhabitants in Böttstein 1799 - 96 inhabitants in Kleindöttingen 1799 - 60 inhabitants in Eien 1850 - 629 inhabitants together 1888 - 536 inhabitants 1900 - 760 inhabitants 1950 - 1,051 inhabitants 2000 - 3,648 inhabitants 2020 - 3,982 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 57.2% were Roman Catholic
 * 18.1% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.19% were Christian Catholic Church

Böttstein and the other villages depended on the parish of Leuggern.

Church Records
Böttstein belonged to the parish of Leuggern until 1887. See Leuggern for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Böttstein:
 * 1837 (images 542-551)
 * 1850: Form A (images 395-410)
 * 1850: Form B (image 411)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Böttstein 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)