Künten, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Künten, 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 former municipality of Künten is in the Baden district and the Aargau canton. It is located on the Bremgarten-Fislisbach road (Künten) and along the Reuss river valley (Sulz).

Künten (as of 2006) has an area of 4.9 km² (1.9 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 56.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 26.9% - forested
 * 12.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 4.1% - non-productive

History
In 1101, Künten was first mentioned by the name of Chünten. Künten is in the Baden district and the Aargau canton.

The community of Sulz merged with Künten in 1973.

The population history of Künten is: 1750 - 223 (Künten) and 117 (Sulz) inhabitants 1850 - 609 inhabitants 1900 - 449 inhabitants 1950 - 574 inhabitants 2000 - 1,486 inhabitants 2020 - 1,838 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 60.0% were Roman Catholic
 * 23.3% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.27% were Christian Catholic Church

Since the Middle Ages, Künten was part of the Rohrdorf parish. In 1776, the pilgrimage chapel was built. It later became a parish. In 1799, a chapel was acquired. In 1901, it became a parish church. In 1964, it was replaced by a new building.

Church Records
Künten belonged to the parish of Oberrohrdorf until 1901. See Oberrohrdorf for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Künten (including the village of Sulz):
 * 1837 (images 477-483)
 * 1850: Form A (images 775-789)
 * 1850: Form B (image 790)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Künten 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)