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

[3] Around 1308 the Burgistein family acquired the entire Strättligen Herrschaft which included Reutigen.

Around 1486 and 1494, the Bubenberg and Schütz families sold their respective portions of the village to the city of Bern.

Under Bernese rule the village was placed under the military authority of Seftigen and under the jurisdiction of the Vogt of Wimmis.

Its political situation remained unchanged for centuries, until the 1803 Act of Mediation, when it joined the Niedersimmental District.

As of 2005, almost one-third of all jobs in the municipality are in agriculture, while half are in the services sector.

The village St. Mary's Chapel was probably built in the 12th century, but is first mentioned in a record in 1330.

[5] The municipality is located in the Niedersimmental and includes the village of Reutigen, Hani and Allmi.

It runs from the north-east side of the Stockhorn chain down to the Kander river.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Letter H crossed Or.

The letter "H" with the cross comes from the coat of arms of Hans Schütz who ruled over Reutigen beginning in 1480.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (887 or 97.6%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (5 or 0.6%) and French is the third (3 or 0.3%).

In 2011, single family homes made up 49.7% of the total housing in the municipality.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 44, of which 40 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 51 or 55.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 4.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 14.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 2 or 2.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 9 or 9.8% were in education.

[22] In 2011 a total of 2.2% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.

[23] From the 2000 census[update], 753 or 82.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 64 or 7.0% 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.