Hilterfingen (German pronunciation: [ˈhɪltɐˌfɪŋən]) is a municipality in the administrative district of
Thun 
in the
Canton of Bern 
in
Switzerland 
.
History
Hilterfingen is first mentioned in 1175 as Hiltolfingen.
The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are some early-Bronze Age graves near Hünegg and Aebnit. The area was inhabited during the Early Middle Ages as evidenced by 6th and 7th century graves at Eichbühl and Hünegg. By the Middle Ages it was owned by the Freiherr von Oberhofen, who donated the village to the college of canons at
Amsoldingen 
. Over the following centuries, the college gradually became impoverished and in 1484 the Pope approved the dissolution of the college and its incorporation into the newly created college of canons of St.