Brugg Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Brugg Parish, 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 Brugg (French: Brougg / German: Brücke) is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton. It is located at the confluence of the Aare, Reuss, and Limmat rivers. Brugg is about 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) from Aarau, the capital of the canton.

Brugg (as of 2007) has an area of 5.56 km² (2.15 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 13.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 28.4% - forested
 * 50.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 6.8% - rivers or lakes
 * 0.5% - non-productive

History
In 1064, Brugg was first mentioned by the name of Bruggo. In 1164 as Brucca. In 1227 as Brukke. Brugg (French: Brougg / German: Brücke) is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

In 1823, Brugg expanded in size with the merge of the community of Lauffohr. In 1827, Brugg added part of the community of Umiken. In 1901, Brugg added the village of Altenburg. In 1970, the remainder of Lauffohr was added to Brugg. On 1 Junuary 2010, Umiken merged into Brugg. On 1 January 2020, Schinznach-Bad merged into Brugg.

The population history of Brugg is: 1400 - 940 inhabitants 1529 - 440 inhabitants 1611 - 930 inhabitants 1669 - 380 inhabitants 1754 - 761 inhabitants 1803 - 604 inhabitants 1840 - 1,000 inhabitants 1850 - 1,142 inhabitants 1880 - 1,422 inhabitants 1900 - 2,339 inhabitants 1930 - 4,502 inhabitants (includes Altenburg) 1950 - 5,508 inhabitants 1960 - 6,683 inhabitants 1970 - 8,635 inhabitants (includes Lauffohr) 1980 - 8,911 inhabitants 1990 - 9,482 inhabitants 2000 - 9,143 inhabitants 2010 - 10,386 inhabitants (includes Umiken) 2020 - 12,738 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 33.4% were Roman Catholic
 * 40.7% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.14% were Christian Catholic Church

In 1905, the St. Nikolaus Church was built, then renovated in 1952. In 1907, the Catholics built their own church.

Church Records
In existence since at least the 13th century, the parish of Brugg became Reformed in 1528. It included the municipality of Mönthal until 1860, when it became independent.

The following church records are available onsite in the Brugg city archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1536-1559; marriages 1536-1554; burials 1541-1554; confirmations 1630-1632 (images 603-656)
 * Baptisms 1558-1621 (images 658-813)
 * Baptisms 1621-1645; marriages 1558-1644 (images 818-945)
 * Baptisms, marriages 1646-1730; burials 1680-1730 (images 947-1262)
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1730-1751; confirmations 1732-1750 (images 1264-1332)
 * Baptisms 1752-1816; baptisms non-resident citizens 1815-1832 (images 1334-1516)
 * Baptisms 1817-1875 (images 98-291)
 * Baptisms, non-resident citizens 1815-1875
 * Marriages 1752-1814; banns 1811-1823 (images 1518-1569)
 * Marriages 1817-1852 (images 293-383)
 * Marriages 1853-1875 (images 384-481)
 * Burials 1752-1816 (images 4-96)
 * Burials 1817-1876 (images 483-613)
 * Plague deaths 1667-1669 (images 614-623)

Post-1875 church records are found onsite at the Brugg parish church office, as well as the following volume:
 * Marriages, non-resident citizens 1817-1876

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Brugg. The census also includes Altenburg, a separate municipality until 1901:

Brugg

 * 1837 (images 152-167)
 * 1850: Form A (images 112-141)
 * 1850: Form B (images 142-147)

Altenburg

 * 1837 (images 167-169)
 * 1850: Form A (images 5-10)
 * 1850: Form B (image 11)

Civil Registration
The following church records are only available onsite at the Brugg city archive. Microfilm and digital copies of church records are available online at FamilySearch (with possible viewing restrictions):
 * Birth Register A 1876-1900 (images 78-421)
 * Birth, marriage, death Register B 1876-1897 (images 4-74)
 * Birth, marriage, death Register B 1888-1900 (images 820-990)
 * Birth, death Register B 1888-1900 (images 75-156)
 * Marriage Register A 1876-1900 (images 422-591)
 * Marriage Register B 1879-1900 (images 157-257)
 * Death Register A 1876-1900 (images 592-819)
 * Family book vol. I (images 259-602)
 * Family book vol. II (images 603-877)
 * Family book vol. III (images 878-1160)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Brugg 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)