 During the 13th century the land and rights over the village were owned by the Counts of Kyburg and the Kyburg Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) families of Schüpfen, Mattstetten and Mörigen.It was part of the "Herrschaft" of Nidau, which was partly acquired by Bern in 1388 and fully acquired in 1393.Under Bernese control Bühl was combined with Walperswil to form a community that was known as the Upper County.