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Lake Brienz (German: Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi), a width of 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) and a maximum depth of 260 metres (850 ft). Its area is 29.8 square kilometres (11.5 sq mi); the surface is 564 metres (1,850 ft) above the sea-level.
The Giessbach Funicular (German: Giessbachbahn) [2] is a historic funicular in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Brienz. It links a landing stage on Lake Brienz, served by shipping services on the lake, to the Grand Hotel Giessbach and Giessbach Falls above. The funicular is owned by the hotel, but since 1983 has been operated by a ...
Lake Thun and Lake Brienz are both close to the town, and the Aare flows east to west through the town. Boat trips operate on both lakes, serving various lakeside towns. One of these, Brienz, is the starting point for one of Switzerland's last remaining steam operated mountain railway, the Brienz Rothorn Railway .
The Brienz Rothorn Railway (German: Brienz Rothorn Bahn, BRB) is a tourist rack railway in Switzerland, which climbs from Brienz, at the eastern end of Lake Brienz, to the summit of the Brienzer Rothorn. The railway is 7.6 kilometres (4.7 mi) long, is built to 800 mm gauge (2 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in gauge), and uses the Abt double lamella rack system.
Shipping services operated by the BLS AG on Lake Brienz call at a quay adjacent to the station, linking to various lakeside places between Brienz and Interlaken. Amongst other destinations, buses link to the Ballenberg open-air museum , whilst boats link to the lower station of the Giessbach Funicular , which gives access to the Giessbach Falls .
A western view of Lake Brienz in the summer, taken from the quay at Brienz An eastern view of Lake Brienz. The first settlements date from the neolithic and Bronze Ages.In the 5th century BC, the Celts settled in the alpine valleys among the sources of the Rhone, the Rhine and the Danube, eventually stretching from the headwaters down to Vienna and Belgrade.
Axalp is a high alpine pasture in the Bernese Oberland, on the northern slope of Axalphorn, overlooking Lake Brienz, today part of Brienz municipality. Axalp was historically the name of the high pastures (alps), on the northern slopes of the Axalpburg , Tschingel and Axalphorn peaks, between c. 1500 m and 1900 m ( 46°42′43″N 8°02′46 ...
The station is located across the street from Brienz railway station on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge Brünig line of Zentralbahn with service to Lucerne and Interlaken Ost. Connections are also available to local bus network provided by PostBus Switzerland , and shipping services operated by the BLS AG on Lake Brienz at an adjacent ...