Höchstetten is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] The remains of mesolithic and neolithic settlements have been found in the Sandhubel, Rüteliacker and Linzifeld areas of Höchstetten.

During the Early Middle Ages there was a nearby settlement that left graves at Holenmatt.

Today, the two communities share the Moos school house, which was built in 1976.

The local economy is based on agriculture and small businesses with many residents commuting to nearby towns for work.

Of the rest of the land, 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 7.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Emmental.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent on a Chief and Pale Gules a Mullet Or.

In the federal election, a total of 167 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.1%.

In the tertiary sector; 15 or 75.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in a hotel or restaurant and 2 were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 12 or 4.7% were Roman Catholic, while 211 or 82.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[17] As of 2000[update], there were 29 students from Höchstetten who attended schools outside the municipality.