Mägenwil, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Mägenwil, 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 Mägenwil is in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Mägenwil is situated on the southern edge of the Birrfeld region. It includes the linear village of Mägenwil and the hamlet of Eckwil with which it was grown together. Eckwil was an independent municipality before 1905.

Mägenwil (as of 2006) has an area of 3.5 km² (1.4 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 45.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 30.3% - forested
 * 24% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 924, Mägenwil was first mentioned by the name of Maganwilare. In 1273, it was also mentioned by the name of Echwile.

Eckwil was an independent municipality from Mägenwil before 1905.

The population history of Mägenwil is: 1799 - 339 inhabitants 1850 - 511 inhabitants 1900 - 450 inhabitants 1950 - 633 inhabitants 2000 - 1,551 inhabitants 2010 - 1,963 inhabitants 2020 - 2,139 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 45.3% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 32.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.13% belonged to the Christian Catholic faith

Ecclesiastically, Mägenwil depended on Wohlenschwil. The attempt to create a parish failed in 1904.

Church Records
Mägenwil belonged to the parish of Wohlenschwil until 1904. See Wohlenschwil for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Mägenwil:
 * 1837 (images 483-492)
 * 1850: Form A (images 5-16)
 * 1850: Form B (image 17)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Mägenwil 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)