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

The oldest trace of a settlement in the area is a late-Bronze Age grave in Bühlen.

During the 13th and 14th centuries the Kyburg counts also owned land in the village, which they gave as a fief to their vassals.

In 1320, Albrecht of Thorberg, a Kyburg vassal, sold land in Niederösch, but retained the local forest and the low court.

The city merged the courts of Niederösch, Oberösch, Rumendingen and Bickigen and placed them under the bailiwick of Grasswil.

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure an Ash Tree Or issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (204 or 97.1%) as their first language, French is the second most common (3 or 1.4%) and Italian is the third (2 or 1.0%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][10] The Gehöft house at Unterdorf 9, 10 is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

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

In the tertiary sector; 7 were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles and 7 were in a hotel or restaurant.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 10 or 4.8% were Roman Catholic, while 182 or 86.7% 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.

[14] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 32 students attending classes in Niederösch.