Arisdorf Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Arisdorf 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 Arisdorf is in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It is situated in a valley in the Jura Mountains. It includes the village of Arisdorf which is made up of the sections; Ober-, Mittel- and Unterdorf, as well as scattered individual houses.

Arisdorf (as of 2009) has an area of 10 km² (3.9 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 56.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 34.1% - forested
 * 9.4% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.1% - non-productive

History
In 1154, Arisdorf was first mentioned by the name of Arnolstorf.

The population history of Arisdorf is: 1699 - 515 inhabitants 1774 - 523 inhabitants 1850 - 837 inhabitants 1860 - 848 inhabitants 1870 - 818 inhabitants 1880 - 816 inhabitants 1888 - 729 inhabitants 1900 - 763 inhabitants 1910 - 705 inhabitants 1920 - 685 inhabitants 1930 - 707 inhabitants 1941 - 709 inhabitants 1950 - 720 inhabitants 1960 - 759 inhabitants 1970 - 785 inhabitants 1980 - 1,006 inhabitants 1990 - 1,109 inhabitants 2000 - 1,360 inhabitants 2021 - 1,714 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 16.2% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 61.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 1.40% belonged to an Orthodox church
 * 0.15% belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
 * 1.10% belonged to another Christian church
 * 1.32% belonged to the Islamic faith

The Chapel of the Holy Cross, cited from the 12th century, belonged to the parish of Kaiseraugst. In 1529, Basel took over the patronage and in 1594, replaced the chapel with a reformed church. In the 12th century, Arisdorf was part of the monastery of St. Alban in Basel.

Church Records
The Reformed parish of Arisdorf was established in 1594. It includes the municipality of Hersberg. Parish records for Arisdorf are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 27 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1558-1906 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1585-1930 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1585-1975 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1598-1906 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1828-1901 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - organized by community

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Arisdorf:
 * 1815 (images 293-311)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Arisdorf 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)