Rütschelen is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] Rütschelen ruled by the Counts of Kyburg, though St. Urban's Abbey and the Thunstetten Commandery were also important landholders.

However, in the following decades they were forced, in turn, to pledge the low court to the town of Burgdorf in 1394 and 1402.

In 1400 Burgdorf acquired some neighboring land from Goetz von Hünenberg and later combined both into a single part of the bailiwick of Lotzwil.

Starting in the 18th century, cottage industries such as linen weaving and stocking knitting began to supplement the local economy.

Of the rest of the land, 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi) or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads).

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Argent a Semi Bear rampant issuant Sable langued Gules and of the last.

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.3% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 218 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.5%.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 21.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 15.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 31.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 21.1% were in education.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 33 or 6.2% were Roman Catholic, while 432 or 81.5% 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.

[17] During the 2009-10 school year, there were a total of 48 students attending classes in Rütschelen.