Brienz

Brienz is located in the Bernese Oberland area of at the opposite end of Brienzersee to Interlaken. It is a small village with approximately 3000 inhabitants. Brienz is famous as the Swiss centre for woodcarving.
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  • Village with about 3,090 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 570 metres (1,880 feet)
  • …is also known as “Brienz BE”
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
  • Postal code: 3855
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church and Rectory and Giessbach.
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Church
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Waterfall
is a waterfall.
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Railway stop
is a railway station…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schwanden bei Brienz and Hofstetten bei Brienz.
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Village
is a municipality in the…
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Village
is a municipality in the… is situated 3½ km east of Brienz.
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Village
is a high alpine pasture in the… is situated 4 km south of Brienz.

Brienz

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Latitude
46.756° or 46° 45′ 22″ north
Longitude
8.0303° or 8° 1′ 49″ east
UN/LOCODE
CH BEZ
Open location code
8FRCQ24J+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240048614
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2661398
Wiki­data ID
Q65268

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Brienz” goes by many names.
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Brienz (BE)Albanian
ԲրինցArmenian
BrienzBasque
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BrienzBreton
БриенцBulgarian
BrienzCatalan
BrienzCebuano
布里恩茨Chinese
布里恩茲Chinese
БриенцChuvash
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БриенцKazakh
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BrienzOccitan (post 1500)
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