History
Several neolithic and Hallstatt burial mounds, some of which contain grave goods, have been discovered in Niederried. During the Middle Ages Kallnach and Niederried formed a single lower court. In 1521-22 this lower court was added to the Landvogtei of Aarberg. In 1530 the two villages were combined into a single parish.
Niederried has always been a small farming village. Around 1910 the population doubled during the construction of the power plants at Kallnach, Niederried-Radelfingen and Aarberg as well as the creation of Niederried dam and the associated Niederried reservoir. Creation of the reservoir flooded a number of fields in the municipality and changed the village's borders. In 1974 a primary school was built in the village, but the upper primary and secondary school for the village is in Kallnach.
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