Oberhof, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Oberhof, 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 Oberhof is in the NAME Region and the NAME canton. The municipality is situated in the upper Fricktal (Frick river valley) and is on the Benkerjoch Pass road. It includes the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned, and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Oberhof and the hamlets of Benken (joined the municipality in 1827) as well as several scattered farm houses.

Oberhof (as of 2009) has an area of 8.21 km² (3.17 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 52.1% - agricultural purposes
 * 41.4% - forested
 * 5.8% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1630, Oberhof was first mentioned by the name of Oberhoff.

The population history of Oberhof is: 1768 - 295 inhabitants 1850 - 626 inhabitants 1900 - 487 inhabitants 1950 - 424 inhabitants 2000 - 496 inhabitants 2020 - 570 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 67.3% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 21.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.81% belonged to the Christian Catholic faith

Spiritually, Oberhof has remained part of the parish of Wöflinswil. In 1818, the chapel of St. Joseph (with a late baroque altar) was constructed. The chapel was refurbished in 1975.

Church Records
Oberhof belonges to the parish of Wölflinswil. See Wölflinswil for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Oberhof:
 * 1837 (images 13-23)
 * 1850: Form A (images 531-546)
 * 1850: Form B (image 547)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Oberhof 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 Region Basel (GHGRB)