It was in possession of St. Blasien monastery at the time, later passing to the local lords of Wolhusen, who sold it to the House of Habsburg before 1300.

More textile manufactories were built in the 1840s to 1850s by Johann Ackermann, united into a textile company in 1867 (the factory ceased production in 1971, the company survives as Ackermann Versandhaus AG[3] A hydroelectric plant for the factory was built in 1905 and remains operational.

Settlement of the Entle valley commenced relatively late, with a population of about 2,200 in the 1450s, 5,400 in 1715 (Entlebuch parish: 1,470 in 1745).

Population in Entlebuch municipality rose during the first half of the 19th century, from 1,830 in 1798 to 3,085 in 1850, as a result of industrialisation.

Of the rest of the land, 3.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Of the settled areas, 1.86% is covered with buildings, 0.21% is industrial, 0.16% is classed as special developments, 0.02% is parks or greenbelts and 1.46% is transportation infrastructure.

[6] The municipality is located on the right bank of the Entlen and the Kleine Emme rivers.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (96.7%), with Albanian being second most common (0.7%) and Italian being third (0.6%).

In the 2000 census[update] the religious membership of Entlebuch was; 2,950 (87.6%) were Roman Catholic, and 148 (4.4%) were Protestant, with an additional 19 (0.56%) that were of some other Christian faith.

The wettest month is August during which time Entlebuch receives an average of 173 mm (6.8 in) of precipitation.

The driest month of the year is October with an average of 91 mm (3.6 in) of precipitation over 13.2 days.