Rohrbach (German: [ˈʁoːɐ̯bax] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

The Abbey established an administrator in Rohrbach to manage their lands in the Oberaargau region.

At the beginning of the 14th century the bailiwick and the low court of the local Barons of Ruti.

He supported the Austrian Habsburgs in the Old Zürich War (1440–46) and lost the village to a Bernese army.

They were exempt from forced labor for the bailiff and in wars they marched under the banner of the city of Bern.

Originally the church belonged to the Abbey of St. Gall, but in 1345 it was sold to the Knights Hospitaller Thunstetten Commandery.

When the Commandery was secularized in 1528 during the Protestant Reformation, its properties, including St. Martin's, went to Bern.

[3] Starting in the 18th century cottage industry weaving began to supplement agriculture as a source of income.

In 1889 the Langenthal-Huttwil-Wolhusen railroad opened a station in Rohrbach, which promoted industrialization in the village.

It consists of the village of Rohrbach and a number of hamlets including Boden, Brand, Kasern and Sossau as well as scattered farm houses.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Mullet Or on a Mount of Six Coupeaux Vert.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,311 or 96.1%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (11 or 0.8%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (10 or 0.7%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Rohrbach is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

In the tertiary sector; 40 or 31.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 32 or 25.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 6.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 7 or 5.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 13 or 10.2% were in education and 12 or 9.4% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 84 or 6.2% were Roman Catholic, while 1,138 or 83.4% 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.