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

[4] The farms and land that now make up Wachseldorn were originally part of the Herrschaft of Diessbach.

In 1528 Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and suppressed Interlaken Monastery.

In the following year, Wachseldorn became part of the bailiwick of Signau in the district of Konolfingen.

However, the relationship was short lived and following disagreements, they separated into Wachseldorn and Buchholterberg in 1823.

On 21 March 2011 the town council made the decision to close the school as attendance numbers had dropped.

The kindergarten remains open, but primary and secondary students travel to Buchholterberg or Oberlangenegg.

Of rest of the municipality 0.18 km2 (0.069 sq mi) or 5.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

[7] The farms and small settlements that make up the municipality are scattered around the Buchholterberg mountain.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Thun.

[8] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Shrub Branch with Thorns Sable and leaved Vert.

[11] In 2012, single family homes made up 22.2% of the total housing in the municipality.

[11] There were 150 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.3% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 10 or 62.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 12.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 18.8% were in a hotel or restaurant.

[25] From the 2000 census[update], 248 or 88.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 9 or 3.2% 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.

[26] During the 2012-13 school year, there were a total of 17 students attending kindergarten classes in Wachseldorn.