Gipf-Oberfrick

Gipf-Oberfrick is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

These finds include; several Bronze Age items, La Tène culture graves and Roman era buildings and a farm house from the 1st to 4th Centuries.

In 1534 the rights to the village fell back to Austria and it became part of the district of Fricktal.

This court had the authority over Zwing und Bann within the three villages, making the bailiwick self-governing on minor issues.

Of the rest of the land, 1.03 km2 (0.40 sq mi) or 10.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

38.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.

[4] The municipality is located in the Laufenburg district, in the upper Fricktal (Frick river valley).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Doe Gules statant on Coupeaux Vert[5] Gipf-Oberfrick has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 3,731.

[8] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Gipf-Oberfrick is; 340 children or 10.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 420 teenagers or 13.2% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 63% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[12] The historical population is given in the following table:[3] The ruins of Alt-Thierstein castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 1,528 or 54.4% were Roman Catholic, while 823 or 29.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Aerial view (1950)
Municipal building of Gipf-Oberfrick
Church of Gipf-Oberfrick