Oberwil Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Oberwil Parish, 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 Oberwil-Lieli is in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The Oberwil municipality merged in 1908 with Lieli to form Oberwil. It has been called Oberwil-Lieli since 1984. It is situated on a terrasse in the Reuss river valley. It is on the border of the former, historical Kelleramt district. It includes the villages of Oberwil and Lieli.

Oberwil-Lieli has an area of 5.4 km² (2.1 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 57.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 26.9% - forested
 * 14.9% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.2% - non-productive (rivers or lakes)

History
In 1040, Oberwil was first mentioned by the name of Willare.

In 1040, Lieli was first mentioned by the name of Liele.

The Oberwil municipality merged in 1908 with Lieli to form Oberwil. It has been called Oberwil-Lieli since 1984.

The population history of Oberwil is: 1850 - 544 inhabitants 1900 - 468 inhabitants

The population history of Lieli is: 1850 - 153 inhabitants 1900 - 181 inhabitants

The population history of Oberwil-Lieli is: 1910 - 637 inhabitants 1950 - 605 inhabitants 2000 - 1,729 inhabitants 2020 - 2,501 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 41.9% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 38.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

The parish church of St. Michael (11th century church tower) was demolished in 1445 and 1656. The current building was constructed in 1672-73. Spiritually, Lieli is part of the parish of Oberwil.

Church Records
The parish of Oberwil was established in 1445; the parish church is called St. Michael. It includes Lieli, and it included Berikon until 1861.

Original church records are located onsite at the Oberwil-Lieli municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Burials 1817-1875

The following church records are only available onsite at the Oberwil-Lieli municipal archive:
 * Marriages 1853-1875

Post-1875 church records, as well as the following church record, are found onsite at the Oberwil-Lieli parish church office:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1755-1878; confirmations 1768-1927

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

Leili was a separate municipality until 1908, when it became part of Oberwil. During these censuses, it was enumerated separately. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Oberwil and Lieli:

Oberwil

 * 1837 (images 34-41)
 * 1850: Form A (images 558-572)
 * 1850: Form B (image 573)

Lieli

 * 1837 (images 5-9)
 * 1850: Form A (images 498-501)
 * 1850: Form B (image 502)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Oberwil 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)