Oberflachs, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Oberflachs, 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 former municipality of Oberflachs is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton. It is located at the foot of the Schenkenbergertal. The municipality of Oberflachs includes the linear village of Oberflachs and Kasteln Castle. This municipality ranges from an elevation of 770 meters (2,530 ft) at the highest and 395 m (1,296 ft) at the lowest.

Oberflachs (prior to 2014) has an area of 3.4 km² (1.3 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 54.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 37.6% - forested
 * 8.9% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1342, Oberflachs was first mentioned by the name of Obreflaht. Oberflachs is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

On 1 January 2014, a new municipality of Schinznach was created with the merger of Schinznach-Dorf and Oberflachs.

The population history of Oberflachs is: 1764 - 215 inhabitants 1850 - 512 inhabitants 1900 - 428 inhabitants 1950 - 364 inhabitants 2000 - 468 inhabitants 2011 - 498 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 16.2% were Roman Catholic
 * 72.6% were Swiss Reformed Church

Spiritually, Oberflachs belonged to Veltheim parish.

Church Records
Oberflachs belongs to the parish of Veltheim. See Veltheim for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Oberflachs:
 * 1837 (images 297-305)
 * 1850: Form A (images 279-291)
 * 1850: Form B (images 292-293)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Oberflachs 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)