Bätterkinden (High Alemannic: Bätterchinge) is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is about 20 km (12 mi) north of Bern.

Bätterkinden is first mentioned in 1261 as Beturchingen.

During the High Middle Ages there was a settlement on the Zwingherrenhubel. By 1261, Bätterkinden village was part of the Kyburg Amt of Utzenstorf. In 1406, the Kyburgs pledged Bätterkinden to Heinrich Ringoltingen to repay some of their debts.