Brienz

Brienz ( , , ) is a village and municipality on the northern shore of Lake Brienz, at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain, and in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Besides the village of Brienz, the municipality includes the settlements of Kienholz and Axalp.

mountain railway in the Swiss canton of Bern

thumb|1929 aerial photograph of Axalphorn, Oltschiburg and Schwarzhorn (Bernese Alps)|Schwarzhorn. Axalphorn (locally, Axalphoren) is a peak of the Bernese Oberland, at an altitude of . The summit is on the municipal border between Brienz and Brienzwiler. The Axalp ski resort is on the northern slope of Axalphorn. On the Axalphorn ridge, west of the summit, is the Axalp-Ebenfluh installation of the Swiss Air Force. Installed in 1942, it is the site of the yearly live fire demonstration.

thumb|300px|Axalp and Lake Brienz seen from below [[Oltschiburg.]] Axalp is a high alpine pasture in the Bernese Oberland, on the northern slope of Axalphorn, overlooking Lake Brienz, today part of Brienz municipality.

railway station in Brienz in the canton of Bern, Switzerland