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

During the 13th century the village and the low court right were both owned by Fraubrunnen Abbey.

After Bern accepted the Protestant Reformation in 1528 and secularized the Abbey and its lands, the village came under Bernese control.

The high court over the village was originally part of the Counts of Kyburg's Burgundian territories.

In 1406 Bern acquired the Kyburg lands and placed the village under the high court in Zollikofen.

In 1539, after the village accepted the Protestant Reformation, the patronage rights were traded to Bern.

The municipality along with the Cantons of Bern and Solothurn undertook a major project in 1939-51 to completely drain the valley and channel the river.

[2] Beginning in the 19th century many farmers shifted from growing grain to raising dairy cattle.

As agriculture became increasingly mechanized, there were fewer jobs in the mostly agrarian village so the population dropped.

Of the rest of the land, 0.33 km2 (0.13 sq mi) or 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.

The parish church of Limpach also serves Büren zum Hof and Schalunen.

[1] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or on a Bend wavy Azure three Fishes Argent.

The entire old village of Limpach is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 26.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 26.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 20.0% were in education.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 11 or 3.5% were Roman Catholic, while 271 or 85.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

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.