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Brienz

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Brienz , town (1990 pop. 2,849), Bern canton, central Switzerland, on the northeast shore of the Lake of Brienz. A center of the Swiss woodcarving industry, it is also a resort. The Lake of Brienz (11 sq mi/28 sq km), traversed by the Aare River, is highly scenic. ... Read more
Interlaken
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , town (1990 est. pop. 5,180), Bern canton, central Switzerland, between the Lake of Brienz and the Lake of Thun. Its manufactures include textiles and watches. Interlaken is one of the largest tourist resorts (mainly summer... Read more
Interlaken
Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Interlaken, Switzerland ‘Between the Lakes’, a reference to its location between Lakes Brienz and Thun, from the Latin inter ‘between’ and lacus ‘lake’. The name is derived from Latin because the town developed around an Augustinian convent. Read more

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Europe's floods start receding
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 8/27/2005; ; 563 words ; BRIENZ, Switzerland -- This small, tidy town at the foot of the...the danger yet," said Peter Fuchs, 50, who was born in Brienz and has lived his whole life in the town. "I have been...on air transport for essential supplies. Rail links to Brienz along the shore of its lake are cut off, although road... Read more
LOST IN THE TORRENT; Search goes on for dead adventurers.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 7/28/1999; ; 461 words ; ...tragedy came when bodies floated downriver into Switzerland's Lake Brienz. There was one corpse after another, said one witness. The 52...watched as helicopters and police pulled 17 bodies from Lake Brienz and one more from the Saxeten. Police said two instructors were... Read more
Victims count cost of floods.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 8/27/2005; 139 words ; BRIENZ at the foot of the picturesque Bernese Alps in Switzerland, normally packed with tourists and hikers at this time of year, was... Read more
`Canyoning' victims' memorial: (WILD ART).(World)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 8/1/1999; 42 words ; A girl tends flowers and candles yesterday at a memorial set up beside Lake Brienz, Switzerland, for the 21 tourists who drowned Tuesday, when unexpected flood waters swept through a canyon near Interlaken and engulfed 45 canyoning vacationers and their eight guides. Read more
Ask the Anorak: Derby runners who have faced Aintree's ultimate test.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 4/5/2003; 340 words ; ...Grand National, of whom A British Yeoman, Voluptuary, Donzelon, Brienz and Permit are the most notable. A British Yeoman won four races...Gold Cup and was pulled up in Shaun Goilin's Grand National. Brienz won the Dewhurst Stakes in 1928 and the following year finished... Read more
Brush up on the finer details.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 9/1/2007; 575 words ; ...that the style was first developed in Brienz in the early 1800s and popularised by...family who taught wood carving there. From Brienz the style spread to the communities of...carvers working in this style in the area of Brienz alone. These pieces have always been popular... Read more
A SEVEN-DAY coach holiday.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 10/7/2006; 66 words ; ...from just pounds 354 per person for departures on October 22. Interlaken is set between the two spectacular lakes of Thun and Brienz, with stunning backdrop of snow-capped mountains. The tour includes ferry crossings from Dover to Calais plus free local pick-... Read more
Travel: A reader recommends
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 10/16/1999; 333 words ; ...the entrance to the Lutschine valley, between Lakes Thun and Brienz and overlooked by the summits of the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau...has a wealth of delights, from steamer trips on Lakes Thun and Brienz to rail and cable-car journeys to the mountain summits. Mention... Read more
Secret of the Swiss hideaway; High above an Alpine lake, marooned on a sheer rock face, stands an opulent oddity.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 7/23/2003; ; 565 words ; ...than return across it to Interlaken or Brienz, forced the foundations of a gasthaus...billiards room, there are wood carvings by Brienz craftsmen, and an epic mural of almost...road, but rail - followed by ferry from Brienz or Interlaken - is infinitely better... Read more
20th victim found in Swiss canyoning flood
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/1/1999; 105 words ; ...police said Saturday. Rescuers using underwater cameras found the body late Friday night, 207 feet beneath the surface of Lake Brienz. Unexpected floods after a storm had engulfed tourists and guides canyoning, or bodysurfing feet-first, through foaming waters... Read more

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