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

Münchenbuchsee is first mentioned in a deed of donation in 1180 as Buhse (in Swiss German it is still known as Buchsi).

[3] The oldest traces of settlements in the area are scattered neolithic and Hallstatt artifacts which were found in the marsh near Moossee Lake.

The knight Kuno von Buchsee donated his entire possessions to the Order of St. John after having returned for the third time from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

A commandry of the order was established, which subsequently acquired more land and expanded its influence in the area.

The south side of the courtyard included Kuno's castle, the church and a residential building.

At times the prior at Thunstetten would appoint a representative to administer the smaller Commandery at Münchenbuchsee.

[4] During the Protestant Reformation in 1528, Commander Peter Englisberg supported the secularization of the Commandery and received Bremgarten Castle as a reward.

Between 1600 and 1620 the Landvogtei's Castle and a tithe barn were built on the north side of the courtyard.

The bailiff ruled over the village until the 1798 French invasion and the creation of the Helvetic Republic.

In response, 59 municipalities and 22 private organizations helped to rebuild the village by donating wood, grain and money.

In 1855-56 a construction project dropped the level of the lake and opened up new farm land.

In 1916 the Bern-Solothurn-Zollikofen Railway (now Bern-Solothurn Regional) built a station in Zollikofen which provided another link.

The diverse job opportunities and good transportation links caused the population to skyrocket after 1965.

Of the rest of the land, 3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi) or 34.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

It is located on the southern shore of the Moossee Lake and consists of the village of Münchenbuchsee and the settlement of Hofwil.

[8] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules on a Bend Argent nine Box Leaves Vert.

[12] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (8,539 or 88.9%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (196 or 2.0%) and French is the third (145 or 1.5%).

[16] The Hofwil Institution was built by Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg, a Bernese patrician.

[17] The Hofwil Institution building was built in 1817–21 as a center piece of Emanuel von Fellenberg's educational vision.

In the tertiary sector; 997 or 31.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 332 or 10.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 120 or 3.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 476 or 15.2% were in the information industry, 137 or 4.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 142 or 4.5% were in education and 532 or 17.0% were in health care.

[12] From the 2000 census[update], 1,647 or 17.1% were Roman Catholic, while 5,833 or 60.7% 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.

The wettest month was August during which time Munchenbuchsee received an average of 100 millimeters (4 in) of rain or snow.