Mülchi is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
During the 14th century the village and the local low court were owned by a succession of Bernese patricians including the von Greyerz, Leissigen, Esche and Stettler families.
In 1488 Bern acquired half of the court of Mülchi from the college of canons of the city's cathedral.
The city acquired the rest of the court when the canton adopted the Protestant Reformation and secularized Interlaken Monastery.
Of the rest of the land, 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 5.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.
[4] The village is located in the Limpach River Valley on the border of the Canton of Solothurn.
[1] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Rose Argent barbed and seeded proper within a Border of the second.
[3] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (235 or 95.9%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (4 or 1.6%) and French is the third (3 or 1.2%).
[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][9] The entire village of Mülchi is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
[3] There were 135 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.7% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 3 or 37.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 3 or 37.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.
[3] From the 2000 census[update], 13 or 5.3% were Roman Catholic, while 214 or 87.3% 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.