Oberembrach

Sister cities

• Trhová Kamenice

History

Oberembrach is first mentioned in 1274 as Obern-Emmerach. However, the village was not an independent municipality until 1809. Before that date it was part of the municipality of Embrach.

Geography

Oberembrach has an area of . Of this area, 58.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the upper Wildbachtal. It includes the Haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Oberembrach. In addition to the village, it includes the hamlets of Hausen, Madlikon, Mühlberg, Ober-, Untermettmenstetten, Ober-, Unterwagenburg, Rotenfluh, Sonnenbühl, Stigen and Stürzikon. In 1871 the hamlets of Augwil and Vordermarchlen were removed from Oberrembrach and transferred to Lufingen. In 1927 the hamlets of Eigental, Hinter- and Vorderbänikon were transferred to Kloten.