Brienz
Americannoun
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Brienz was evacuated more than two years ago because of signs of dangerous instability in the mountain above.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
In eastern Switzerland, residents of the village of Brienz were evacuated two years ago because the mountainside above them was crumbling.
From BBC ● May 28, 2025
The government won’t have enough information to decide when the villagers can go back to Brienz until the system is repaired.
From NewsForKids.net ● Jun. 22, 2023
After decades of threatening to tear off and plummet down the slope, obliterating the homes below, the mountainside near the village of Brienz, in central Switzerland, finally collapsed.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Brienz, Lake of, lake in the Swiss canton of Bern, 8 m. long, 2 m. broad, over 800 ft. above sea-level, and of great depth in certain parts, abounding in fish.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
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