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

[3] Until the Late Middle Ages Pohlern was virtually uninhabited forest in the Herrschaft of Strättligen.

During the 14th century it was gradually settled under the rule of the Freiherr von Burgistein.

By 1417 the Barfüsser (Franciscan mendicant) monastery in Bern owned some land and rights in the village.

In 1528 Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and suppressed all the monasteries, including the Barfüssers.

[5] It lies on the northern side of the Stockhorn mountains in the lower end of the Stockental valley.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Fir Tree Vert trunked and eradicated Gules on a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Sable.

[14] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15][16] As of  2011[update], Pohlern had an unemployment rate of 0.24%.

[9] There were 137 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.9% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 8 were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 were in education and 4 were in health care.

[21] In 2011 a total of 1.2% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.

In the federal election, a total of 96 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.4%.

[24] From the 2000 census[update], 197 or 87.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 3 or 1.3% 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.

[25] During the 2012–13 school year, there were a total of 24 students attending classes in Pohlern.

The municipality's primary school had 24 students in German language classes.