Oberlunkhofen is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten, in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
The earliest signs of a settlement in Oberlunkhofen are scattered Bronze Age items.
In Schalchmatthau there is the foundation of a rectangular Roman era farm with a portico and flanked by two wings.
[3] The modern village of Oberlunkhofen is first mentioned in the 9th century as Lunchunft though this record comes from an 11th-century copy of the original, older document.
The village was owned by St. Leodegar in Lucerne which was under the jurisdiction of Murbach Abbey and was sold in 1291 to the House of Habsburg.
The parish included Oberlunkhofen, Unterlunkhofen, Arni, Islisberg and Rottenschwil.
[3] Oberlunkhofen has an area, as of 2006[update], of 3.3 square kilometers (1.3 sq mi).
Of the rest of the land, 15.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
[4] The municipality is located in the Bremgarten district on a southern ridge of the Heitersberg above the right bank of the Reuss river.
[4] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Oberlunkhofen is; 198 children or 10.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 182 teenagers or 10.0% are between 10 and 19.
[9] About 52.2% 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).
[11] The historical population is given in the following table:[3] The Catholic parish church on Chileweg is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
[4] From the 2000 census[update], 732 or 50.7% were Roman Catholic, while 414 or 28.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.