Brienzwiler

Brienzwiler
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Interlaken-Oberhasli
BFS no. :	0574
Postal code :	3856
Coordinates :	650 669  /  177977 coordinates: 46 ° 45 '4 "  N , 8 ° 6' 6"  O ; CH1903:  650669  /  177977
Height :	680  m above sea level M.
Height range :	572–2891 m above sea level M.
Area :	17.64  km²
Residents:	479 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	31 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Daniel Schild-von Allmen
Website:	www.brienzwiler.ch
Location of the municipality

Brienzwiler is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

Brienzwiler is a so-called mixed community , so the residents and civic communities are one unit.

Place name

The name Wiler goes back to the Old High German wilari (small village) and is a loan word from the Romanesque villare (farmstead). The name Brienzwiler has only been documented since 1850, before that the addition -am Brünig was always added to differentiate between other Wilers .

geography

The town of Brienzwiler is located in the Bernese Oberland at the foot of the Wilerhorn on a hill above Lake Brienz . Brienzwiler also includes the Balmhof settlement , which lies further down in the Aare valley under a steep rock ( Balm ). The neighboring communities starting from the north in a clockwise direction are: Lungern , Meiringen , Brienz and Hofstetten bei Brienz .

In addition, a piece of uninhabited mountain range belongs to the municipality, which is completely separated from the village, but makes up the greater part of the municipality in terms of area. Its neighboring communities are Meiringen , Grindelwald and Brienz . The highest mountain there is the Wildgärst at 2891  m above sea level. M.

Aerial photo of Brienzwiler from 1956, in the valley floor to the right of the Meiringen military airfield

politics

Daniel Schild-von Allmen has been mayor since 2017, succeeding Hans Schild-Stähli, who was in office for 8 years.

traffic

The community has its own connection to the A8 motorway . The Meiringen - Interlaken line of the Zentralbahn runs past the southern border of the municipality , with two stops at Brienzwiler (at Balmhof) and Unterbach . Both stops are, however, far from the village center. The village itself and the Ballenberg are served by the post bus line from Brienz to Hasliberg.

The Meiringen military airfield of the Swiss Air Force is in the valley outside the municipality .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Brienzwiler

The biggest attraction in Brienzwiler is the Ballenberg , the largest open-air museum in Switzerland.

Web links

Commons : Brienzwiler  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality of Brienzwiler
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Brienzwiler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent resident population from STAT-TAB of the BfS , municipalities see also regional portraits 2020 on bfs.admin.ch, accessed on May 29, 2020