Brenzikofen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
[3] During the Late Middle Ages Interlaken Monastery owned much of the land in the village.
The remainder of the land was owned by wealthy citizens of the towns of Bern and Thun.
During the Middle Ages, Diessenberg Castle was built on Bürglen hill above the village.
In 1528, Bern adopted the Protestant Reformation and secularized Interlaken Monastery and all of its land holdings, including Brenzikofen.
In 1983, the central Army Catering Headquarters was established and became the major employer in the village.
Of the rest of the land, 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.
[5] The municipality is located at the foot of the Falkenfluh peak, and stretches to the Rothachengraben.
[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Lion rampant Or holding in dexter above his head a Sword of the same.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (480 or 99.0%) as their first language, Danish is the second most common (2 or 0.4%) and English is the third (1 or 0.2%).
[9] There were 263 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.0% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 11 or 19.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 5.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 10.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 3.5% were in the information industry, 3 or 5.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 7.0% were in education and 1 was in health care.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 416 or 85.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 17 or 3.5% were Roman Catholic.
This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.
Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.