Oberönz
village and former municipality in Herzogenbuchsee in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
Oberönz was a municipality in the district of Wangen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
On January 1, 2008, the municipality of Oberönz became part of the municipality of Herzogenbuchsee.
History
Oberönz is first mentioned in 1246 as Onza.
Geography
Oberönz has an area of 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi). Of this area, 48.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.8% is forested. The rest of the land, (13.7%) is settled.
Demographics
Before the merger, Oberönz has a population of 941. As of 2007, 11.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (90.8%), with Turkish being second most common (3.6%) and Albanian being third (2.3%).
“Oberönz” enters the record as village and former municipality in Herzogenbuchsee in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Oberönz, village and former can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Oberönz” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Oberönz, village and former provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q869668. VIAF identifies the subject as 240084552. Authority coordinates are 47.179, 7.694. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2008, 1246, 2007 and 2000.
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This entry incorporates text from “Oberönz” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.