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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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