Oberstocken is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[2] During the Middle Ages the village was part of the lands and parish of the college of canons at Amsoldingen.

In 1485 the office of canon was abolished and the Amsoldingen lands were acquired by Bern.

There were several unsuccessful attempts to combine the villages of Oberstocken and Niederstocken, the most recent was in 1988.

Of the agricultural land, 4.6% is used for growing crops and 20.6% is pasturage and 14.8% is used for alpine pastures.

[4] Oberstocken lies near the Niedersimmental region in the Stocken valley of the Bernese Alps.

It stretches from the valley floor to the heights of the Stockhorn mountain chain.

The neighboring municipalities starting from the north in a clockwise direction are: Höfen, Niederstocken, Erlenbach im Simmental, Därstetten and Pohlern.

[1] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Argent a Stump Sable between two Mullets Gules and if the last a Rose of the first barbed and seeded proper.

In the federal election, a total of 91 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.2%.

[3] There were 137 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 28.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 14.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 21.4% were in education and 4 or 28.6% were in health care.

[18] From the 2000 census[update], 229 or 87.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 10 or 3.8% were Roman Catholic.

[15] With its 290 inhabitants[19] this rural valley is designated as a civil defense evacuation site, with over 350 small bunkers.

The main civil defense building is temporarily used as a garage which houses 16 vehicles.