1031 – Dwelling from Brienz, Berne, 1776

Heinrich von Flüe, toll administrator in Brienz, had this house built. He managed an inn with storage for transport goods and stables for draft animals. As relay stations, such toll houses were important infrastructure for trade and transport. Von Flüe also acted as a shipping agent from 1762 till 1776 in Brienz, a popular place for transferring goods from boats to pack animals. Von Flüe became a wealthy man. He built his house on the "Trachtstutz" near the harbour, ideally located for traffic by land and lake. In 1969 the house yielded place to a new post office.

The dwelling part is in timber construction and the facade is richly decorated: the entire window front is densely loaded with friezes. These decorative bands are carved right into the wall timbers and run in stylised wave forms and foliage patterns across the whole width of the house. The protrusion of individually carved wall timbers which lend additional structuring to the façade is also typical for the Bernese Oberland.