Oberkulm, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Oberkulm, 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 Oberkulm is in the district of Kulm, in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The municipality is situated in the middle Wynental (Wyna river valley). It includes the village of Oberkulm and a number of scattered small settlements in neighboring side valleys.

Oberkulm (as of 2009) has an area of 9.41 km² (3.63 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 52.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 36.1% - forested
 * 11.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.1% - either rivers or lakes
 * 0.1% - non-productive

History
In 1045, Oberkulm was first mentioned by the name of Chulenbare, though this is for both Oberkulm and Unterkulm. In 1295, Oberkulm alone was attested as Obern Chulnbe.

The population history of Oberkulm is: 1653 - 285 inhabitants 1850 - 1,784 inhabitants 1900 - 1,331 inhabitants 1920 - 1,207 inhabitants 1950 - 1,522 inhabitants 2000 - 2,252 inhabitants 2020 - 2,776 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 16.7% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 62.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

The Protestant Reformation was adopted in 1528. Ecclesiastically Oberkulm has always belong to the parish of Kulm. The parish church is situated in Unterkulm.

Church Records
Oberkulm belongs to the parish of Kulm, located in the municipality of Unterkulm. See Unterkulm for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Oberkulm:
 * 1837 (images 565-584)
 * 1850: Form A (images 695-736)
 * 1850: Form B (images 737-739)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Oberkulm 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)