Brienz

Summary

Brienz is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Brienz ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Brienz was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Brienz is located in Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district^[4].
• Brienz is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Brienz is on the body of water Lake Brienz^[6].
• Brienz is on the body of water Aare^[7].
• Brienz's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Brienz's official language is recorded as German^[9].
• Brienz's shares border with is recorded as Brienzwiler^[10].
• Brienz's shares border with is recorded as Grindelwald^[11].
• Brienz's shares border with is recorded as Hofstetten bei Brienz^[12].
• Brienz's shares border with is recorded as Oberried am Brienzersee^[13].
• Brienz's shares border with is recorded as Schwanden bei Brienz^[14].
• Brienz's shares border with is recorded as Flühli^[15].
• Brienz's shares border with is recorded as Meiringen^[16].
• Brienz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brienz/Brinzauls^[17].
• Brienz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tryavna^[18].
• Brienz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shimada^[19].
• Brienz's postal code is recorded as 3855^[20].
• Brienz's Commons category is recorded as Brienz^[21].
• Brienz's licence plate code is recorded as BE^[22].
• Brienz's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[23].
• Brienz's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[24].
• Brienz's local dialing code is recorded as 033^[25].
• Brienz's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.749722222222, 'lon': 8.0333333333333}^[26].
• Brienz's official website is recorded as https://www.brienz.ch^[27].

Body

Geography

Brienz is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Brienz is located in Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district^[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Lake Brienz^[6], a lake^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Aare^[7], a river^[30], in Switzerland^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+3101'}^[32], {'amount': '+3120'}^[33], {'amount': '+3090'}^[34], {'amount': '+2690'}^[35], {'amount': '+2625'}^[36], and {'amount': '+2581'}^[37].

Designation and Status

Brienz's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8]. Brienz's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[38].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Brienz include Lake Brienz^[39], a lake^[40], in Switzerland^[41].

Why It Matters

Brienz ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).^[2] Brienz has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Brienz is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for Brienz include Lake Brienz^[39], a lake^[40], in Switzerland^[41].