Kriechenwil is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] Prehistoric traces of settlements in the area include a neolithic spearhead, a Hallstatt grave mound, an early medieval bridle and saddle and a cache of unknown coins.

The land that is now the modern municipality was part of the medieval Herrschaft of Laupen.

A bridge was built over the Sarine river around 1400 as part of a medieval trade road to Bern.

Today the municipality has its own primary school, while students travel to Laupen for secondary education.

About two-thirds of the working population commutes to jobs in nearby towns.

Of the rest of the land, 0.26 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] It lies on the river Saane in the central Swiss plateau on the border with the Canton of Fribourg.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.

[9] There were 204 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.6% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 6 or 30.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 25.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 10.0% were in education.

The greatest number of workers, 57, made between 50 and 75 thousand CHF per year.

[20] From the 2000 census[update], 348 or 84.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 32 or 7.8% 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.

[21] During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 14 students attending classes in Kriechenwil.