Brienz, Berne Switzerland lake view 1950s RP

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Brienz - Blick auf den See
• Publisher:  Kunstverlag HC Maeder, Brienz
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  removed
• Postmark(s):  Interlaken [date illeg]
• Sent to:  Castle Bar Road, Ealing, London, England
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Brienz is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.

The village lies on the north bank of Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain.

Evidence has been found for a settlement by the Alamanni in the 7th century. Brienz was first documented in 1146, and in 1528 after an eventful history Brienz became part of the Canton of Berne. Brienz is first mentioned in 1146 as Briens.

Brienz has an area of 48 square kilometers (18.5 sq mi). Of this area, 38.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (23.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).^[2]

The municipality of Brienz includes a number of communities along the upper end of Lake Brienz, and stretches into the neighboring mountains. It includes the on the right shore the village of Brienz. To the north it includes the mouth of the Aare River and the village of Kienholz. On the left bank it includes the settlements of Engi and Schwendi. Heading away from the right shore the land rises to the Rotschalp, Planalp and Giebelegg before reaching the Brienzer Rothorn (2,351 m (7,713 ft)). Heading away from the left shore it rises over the Brienzerberg and Giessbach Falls, Tschingelfeld, Hinterburg and Axalp until it reaches the Schwarzhorn (2,928 m (9,606 ft)).

The parish church of Brienz includes Oberried am Brienzersee, Schwanden bei Brienz, Hofstetten bei Brienz and Brienzwiler.