Oberhofen
Oberhofen was a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Hottwil, Etzgen, Mettau, Oberhofen and Wil merged into the municipality of Mettauertal.- Type: Village with 282 residents
- Description: former municipality and current locality in Mettauertal in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Oberhofen AG” and “Oberhofen, Aargau”
- Postal code: 5273
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Wendelin chapel and Cheisacherturm.
Cheisacherturm
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Tschubby, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cheisacherturm is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3 km southwest of Oberhofen.
Burg Hauenstein
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Schaema3, Public domain.
Burg Hauenstein is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Oberhofen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gansingen and Mettau.
Gansingen
Village
Photo: Bobo11, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gansingen is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Mettau
Village
Mettau was a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Hottwil, Etzgen, Mettau, Oberhofen and Wil merged into the municipality of Mettauertal.
Wil
Village
Wil was a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The municipality is located in the north-east of the Fricktal region, about 3 km from the border to Germany.
Oberhofen
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, Ortschaft, and locality
- Location: Mettauertal, Laufenburg District, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.5537° or 47° 33′ 13″ northLongitude
8.13162° or 8° 7′ 54″ eastPopulation
282Elevation
364 metres (1,194 feet)Open location code
8FVCH43J+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 240032179OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2659375Wikidata ID
Q141502
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Volapük—“Oberhofen” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Oberhofen”
- Cebuano: “Oberhofen bei Etzgen”
- Chinese: “Oberhofen”
- Dutch: “Oberhofen”
- French: “Oberhofen”
- German: “Oberhofen AG”
- German: “Oberhofen bei Etzgen”
- German: “Oberhofen, Aargau”
- German: “Oberhofen”
- Irish: “Oberhofen”
- Italian: “Oberhofen”
- Kazakh: “Оберхофен”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oberhofen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oberhofen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Oberhofen”
- Russian: “Оберхофен”
- Swedish: “Oberhofen, Aargau”
- Swedish: “Oberhofen”
- Upper Sorbian: “Oberhofen”
- Uzbek: “Oberhofen”
- Volapük: “Oberhofen”
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