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

It was originally ruled by the Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) family of Senn von Münsingen.

In the 16th century the medieval Hünigen water castle outside the village was destroyed in a fire.

In 1554, Niklaus von Scharnachtal had a new Hünigen Castle built near the mill at Stalden.

[4] In 1588, the Bernese patrician von May family acquired the village and castle, which they occupied until 1922.

The von May family also ruled the village until the 1798 French invasion and the creation of the Helvetic Republic.

[6] The municipality is located on the Kurzenberg and includes the village of Niederhünigen, the scattered settlement of Holz and part of the Kiesental (Kiesen Valley).

[7] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules two Swan Heads addorsed couped Argent beaked Or and in a Chief of the second a Mullet of the first.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (589 or 95.9%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (13 or 2.1%) and French is the third (3 or 0.5%).

[10] There were 332 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 1 was in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles and 10 or 66.7% were in education.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 493 or 80.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 27 or 4.4% 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.

[18] During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 79 students attending classes in Niederhünigen.