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Brienz

American  
[bree-ents] / briˈɛnts /

noun

  1. Lake of, a lake in SE Bern canton in Switzerland. 11.5 sq. mi. (30 sq. km).


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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 fact that so many rounds were dumped in Swiss lakes - Brienz being another of them - has been known about for decades, though people have asked questions about safety more recently.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024

But scientists say that the rockslide that threatened Brienz was caused by natural erosion, not climate change.

From NewsForKids.net • Jun. 22, 2023

“The most beautiful part is — something we had not really anticipated — it came down without damaging the village,” Christian Gartmann, a spokesman for the Albula district, which includes Brienz.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Ever upward, by but above the waters of the rapid Brienz, until at the fortress of Mühlbach we entered the Pusterthal proper.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 by Various