Burg im Leimental Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Burg im Leimental Parish, Basel-Landschaft, 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 Burg im Leimental Parish is in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. It is situated on the northern slope of the Blauen mountains. It is located on the French border and along the route to the Roman era Remel Pass. It includes the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Burg im Leimental.

Burg im Leimental Parish (as of 2009) has an area of 2.83 km² (1.09 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 14.1% - agricultural purposes
 * 80.6% - forested
 * 4.9% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1168, Burg im Leimental Parish was first mentioned by the name of Biedertan, though this was referring to Alt-Biederthal Castle. In 1520, it was again mentioned as Bietterthal. In 1632, it was mentioned as Uf Burgthal and until, 1734 it was known by the French name La Bourg.

The population history of Burg im Leimental Parish is: 1722 - 187 inhabitants 1831 - 255 inhabitants 1850 - 248 inhabitants 1860 - 238 inhabitants 1870 - 211 inhabitants 1880 - 184 inhabitants 1888 - 175 inhabitants 1900 - 163 inhabitants 1910 - 175 inhabitants 1920 - 172 inhabitants 1930 - 174 inhabitants 1941 - 165 inhabitants 1950 - 215 inhabitants 1960 - 176 inhabitants 1970 - 175 inhabitants 1980 - 190 inhabitants 1990 - 196 inhabitants 2000 - 229 inhabitants 2021 - 281 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 40.6% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 25.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 6.11% belonged to another Christian church

The palace chapel came into the possession of the community as a foundation in 1784 and was expanded in 1787. In 1793-1814, Burg im Leimental belonged to France. In 1815-1993, it belonged to the Canton of Bern. Until 1805, Burg im Leimental was part of the Catholic Church parish of Rodersdorf. In 1874-1935, Burg im Leimental and Röschenz together formed a parish.

Church Records
Burg im Leimental belonged to the parish of Rodersdorf until 1805, when it became an independent parish. It was merged with Röschenz from 1874-1935. Records may be found in Rodersdorf and Röschenz.

Parish records for Burg im Leimental are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 8 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1694-1889 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1803-1816 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1694-1815 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1833-1970 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps

Census
(See here for information regarding Basel-Landschaft census records.)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Burg im Leimental prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Basel-Landschaft

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Region Basel (GHGRB)