Grafenried is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland . On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Grafenried, Büren zum Hof , Etzelkofen , Limpach, Mülchi , Schalunen and Zauggenried merged into the municipality of Fraubrunnen .

Grafenried is first mentioned in 1258 as Gravenriet. In 1262 it was mentioned as Riede.

The oldest trace of a settlement is a Hallstatt era grave mound at Eichberg. The remains of what may have been a Roman era farm as well as a late medieval abandoned village were discovered at Wille/Wittenberg.