Lake Brienz

Lake Brienz is a lake just north of the , in the in . It has a length of about 14 kilometres, a width of 2.8 kilometres and a maximum depth of 260 metres.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: lake in the Berne Canton, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Brienzersee” and “Lake of Brienz”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oberried am Brienzersee railway station and Giessbach.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the village and municipality of and the . Oberried is a stop on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that operates between and .

Waterfall
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is a waterfall, which is situated 3½ km east of Lake Brienz.

Rehabilitation center
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is a rehabilitation center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oberried am Brienzersee and Iseltwald.

Village
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is a municipality and village in the in the canton of Bern in . Besides Oberried itself, the municipality includes the settlements of Dörfli and Ebligen.

Village
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is a village and municipality on the southern shore of Lake Brienz in the region of . Politically, the municipality is located in the of the . is situated 2½ km southwest of Lake Brienz.

Village
Photo: Hadi, Public domain.
is a high alpine pasture in the , on the northern slope of , overlooking Lake Brienz, today part of municipality. is situated 4½ km east of Lake Brienz.

Lake Brienz

Latitude
46.72947° or 46° 43′ 46″ north
Longitude
7.98067° or 7° 58′ 50″ east
Elevation
564 metres (1,850 feet)
Open location code
8FR9PXHJ+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8863671718
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2661396
Wiki­data ID
Q14442
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Brienz from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Brienz” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة برينز”
  • Armenian: “Բրիենց լիճ”
  • Basque: “Brienz aintzira”
  • Bulgarian: “Бриензерсе”
  • Bulgarian: “Бриенцко езеро”
  • Catalan: “llac de Brienz”
  • Catalan: “Llac de Brienz”
  • Cebuano: “Brienzersee”
  • Chinese: “布里恩茨湖”
  • Chuvash: “Бриенц кӳлли”
  • Chuvash: “Бриенц”
  • Czech: “Brienzské jezero”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Brienz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره برينز”
  • Esperanto: “Lago de Brienz”
  • Estonian: “Brienzi järv”
  • Finnish: “Brienzjärvi”
  • French: “lac de Brienz”
  • French: “Lac de Brienz”
  • Georgian: “ბრიენცის ტბა”
  • German: “Brienzer See”
  • German: “Brienzersee”
  • Hebrew: “אגם ברינץ”
  • Hungarian: “Brienzi-tó”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Brienz”
  • Italian: “lago di Brienz”
  • Italian: “Lago di Brienz”
  • Japanese: “ブリエンツ湖”
  • Korean: “브리엔츠호”
  • Latin: “Lacus Briensis”
  • Latvian: “Briencas ezers”
  • Lithuanian: “Brynco ežeras”
  • Macedonian: “Бриенчко Езеро”
  • Mingrelian: “ბრიენციშ ტობა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brienzersjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brienzsjøen”
  • Norwegian: “Brienzersjøen”
  • Polish: “Brienz”
  • Polish: “Brienzersee”
  • Portuguese: “Lago de Brienz”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Brienz”
  • Romansh: “Lai da Brienz”
  • Russian: “Бриенцское озеро”
  • Slovenian: “Brienško jezero”
  • Spanish: “Lago de Brienz”
  • Swedish: “Brienzsjön”
  • Swiss German: “Brienzersee”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Brienzersee”
  • Turkish: “Brienz Gölü”
  • Turkish: “Brienzersee”
  • Ukrainian: “Бріенц”
  • Ukrainian: “Брієнцьке озеро”
  • Venetian: “Łago de Brienz”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Brienz”

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