Oberwil-Lieli

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Oberwil-Lieli

Location of Oberwil-Lieli

Coordinates: 47°20′N 8°24′E / 47.333°N 8.400°ECoordinates: 47°20′N 8°24′E / 47.333°N 8.400°E

Country

Area

• Total

5.35 km² (2.07 sq mi)

Elevation

530 m (1,740 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

2,213

• Density

410/km² (1,100/sq mi)

Postal code

8966

SFOS number

4074

Surrounded by

Aesch bei Birmensdorf (ZH), Arni, Berikon, Birmensdorf (ZH), Unterlunkhofen, Zufikon

Website

www.oberwil-lieli.ch
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Oberwil-Lieli is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

During the Roman era the municipal area was lightly settled. On the site of the current church there was a Roman farm. The ruins of an Alemanni settlement was also discovered in the municipality.

Oberwil-Lieli is first mentioned in 1040 as Willare in a land grant to Einsiedeln Abbey. During the 12th Century, Engelberg and Muri Abbey were also given grants in the village. The rights to high and low justice were held by the Counts of Habsburg-Laufenburg. Their rights came in the 14th Century to the lords of Schönenwerd and the knight Heinrich Biber, but in 1352 they went to the Family Stagel of Zurich. In 1429, the sovereign rights were granted to Bremgarten. After 1415 Oberwil was under the high justice of the city of Zurich.

The Kollatur (first mentioned in 1186) went out from under the authority of Engelberg Abbey in 1303 to the hospital at Konstanz and in 1527 was sold to Bremgarten. The parish church of St. Michael (church tower from the 11th century) was destroyed in 1445 and 1656. The present building dates from 1672-73.

After the decline of the vineyards from 1860 onwards the population declined until 1960. Since then the number of new residential neighborhoods has increased steadily. The residential areas are oriented toward Zurich and since 2006 they follow the A4 motorway. The Oberwil municipality united in 1908 with Lieli to form Oberwil. Since 1984, it has been called Oberwil-Lieli.

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