Oberhofen, Aargau
Oberhofen (Swiss German: ɔbəɾ ˌ hɔfə ) is a village in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is located in the northeast of the Frick Valley region. Until the end of 2009 Oberhofen formed an independent municipality in the district of Laufen castle, since it is one of five villages in the newly formed community Mettauertal.
Geography
The village is surrounded by the Jura plateau in the valley of Mettauerbachs; these flows north of it with the Etzgerbach together, which flows into the Upper Rhine after two and a half kilometers. In the east, the land rises uniformly at up to 485 meters high Hasenmatt. West of the village rises the plateau of Meier heap ( 562 m above sea level. M. ). Because then the terrain drops down to the short Hofer - side valley that merges seamlessly into the Rütenen Plateau (up to 475 m above sea level. M. ). On the west is the steep slope of the Sandrütihalde, the distance to the banks of the Rhine is about two hundred meters.
The area of the former municipality area was 312 hectares, of which 144 hectares were forested and built over 24 hectares. The highest point of the municipality was on 562 meters on the plateau of the Meier stockpile, the deepest place on 345 meters at the confluence of Mettauerbach and Etzgerbach.
Neighboring communities were Etzgen the northwest, Mettau in the north, Wil in the east, Gansingen in the south and Sulz in the southwest.
History
Oberhofen consisted only of individual farms, which had been built on deforested land until the second half of the 18th century. These farms belonged to the court circle Mettau, a part of the front- running Kameralherrschaft Austrian castle. Only in 1800 was the village proper, as performed by the neighboring villages of resettlement. The local form of the name Oberhoffen is first mentioned in 1705, in the sense of " in the upper villages ."
1797 Frick valley was a French protectorate after the peace of Campo Formio. During the Second Coalition War here was the front line between the armies of France and Austria. On February 20, 1802, the Canton Frick Valley was founded, who joined in August of the Helvetic Republic; so Oberhofen had become Swiss. The village was formed together with Etzgen and Wil a part of the municipality in the district of Laufen castle Mettau. Since March 19, 1803 Oberhofen in the canton of Aargau.
1832 Oberhofen sparked by Mettau and residents formed a separate municipality. In addition to agriculture, a gypsum quarry and a stone sawmill brought earning potential. In contrast to the other municipalities in the Mettauertal and the population rose to 1950 at the time. But then she took off within twenty years to one-fifth as many farmers tasks and moved away their farms. As the transition to a residential community, the population took up again today by nearly one third.
On March 20, 2008, Town Meeting approved the merger of Oberhofen with Etzgen, Hottwil, Mettau and Wil to the municipality Mettauertal. The ballot on 1 June 2008 also was in favor of a merger. The merger took place on 1 January 2010.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the former town and present-day village coat of arms is: " In Yellow black pickaxe, topped with two crossed black Handfäusteln. " By 1953, the church did not own their own coat of arms, The tools indicate the breakdown of sandstone for the construction of furnaces was used.
Population
Population development:
At 31 December 2008 277 people lived in Oberhofen, the proportion of foreigners was 7.9 %. At the 2000 census, 68.6 % were Roman Catholic, reformed 17.1% and 4.3% Muslim. 97.4 % identified German as their main language.
Economy
In Oberhofen there according to Census 2005, approximately 80 jobs, 69 % in agriculture, 17% in small businesses and 14 % in services. Most workers are commuters and work in the larger communities of the Frick Valley and the lower Aare valley.
Traffic
Oberhofen is located on the main road, which begins in the Rhine Valley in Etzgen and leads over the Bürersteig towards Brugg. The connection to the public transport network is carried out by a post bus line between the stations running the castle and Brugg.
Education
The village has a primary school, the school location Oberhofen will be lifted at the end of the school year 2009/10. The secondary can be visited in Gansingen, the secondary school and the district school in the school center in Blue Running castle. The nearest district school (high school ) is located in Aarau; due to inter-cantonal agreement can attend high school in Muttenz ( Basel-Landschaft ) Young people from parts of the Frick Valley.