Monday, January 2, 2012

Brienzersee, (Lake Brienz) Switzerland

 Brienzersee (Lake Brienz)

Brienzer Rothorn (Mountain in the Swiss Alps), Schwanden, Axalp, Brienz, Giessbach

postmarked in 2011 with four Switzerland stamps, three of which are vintage!

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Lake Brienz (German: Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the Canton of Berne in Switzerland. The lake took its name from the village Brienz on its northern shore. The shores are steep, and there is almost no shallow water in the entire lake.

The summit of the Brienzer Rothorn can be reached from Brienz by the Brienz Rothorn Bahn (the steam train in the postcard).

 

 

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