page_title: Brienz
section_title: Heritage sites of national significance
hierarchical_section_title: Brienz / Points of interests / Heritage sites of national significance
caption_attribution_description: English: Grand Hotel Giessbach above Lake Brienz
context_page_description: Brienz is a village and municipality on the northern shore of Lake Brienz, at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain, and in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Besides the village of Brienz, the municipality includes the settlements of Kienholz and Axalp.
  Politically, the municipality is located in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district of the canton of Bern.
context_section_description: The abandoned medieval and early modern alpine village of Axalp and the Giessbach Hotel Complex are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.  The urbanized village of Brienz and the Hotel Giessbach are both part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
caption: Giessbach Hotel
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