Trachselwald is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the Swiss canton of Bern.

During the Swiss Peasants' War, on 3 April 1653, there was a gathering in the inn Tanne, which became the first public appearance of the peasants' leader Niklaus Leuenberger, who was executed in Trachselwald Castle on August 27 of the same year.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Fir Tree Vert trunked and eradicated Or and in chief dexter a Mullet of the same.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,086 or 98.7%) as their first language, French and Italian both have only 2 speakers in the municipality.

[14] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15][16] As of  2011[update], Trachselwald had an unemployment rate of 1.37%.

[9] There were 563 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 34 or 39.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 11.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 9 or 10.5% were in education and 11 or 12.8% were in health care.

[21] The village church and Trachselwald Castle are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The oldest parts of the castle were built in the 12th century; nowadays it is the governor's seat of the district of Trachselwald.

A Zither culture museum, which was founded in 1999 and first located in Konolfingen has been in Trachselwald since March 2003.

[23] From the 2000 census[update], 975 or 88.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 25 or 2.3% 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.

[24] During the 2012–13 school year, there were a total of 95 students attending classes in Trachselwald.

There were a total of 19 students in the German language kindergarten classes in the municipality.

The municipality's primary school had 55 students in German language classes.

During the same year, the lower secondary schools in neighboring municipalities had a total of 21 students from Trachselwald.