Oberried am Brienzersee is a municipality and village in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

In 1528, the city of Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and began imposing it on the Bernese Oberland.

A road was built along the lake shore in 1864 which connected the village with the neighboring towns.

In 1916 the last leg of the Brünig railway line was completed, which passed through the narrow village.

The first historical mention of the site with this meaning, from 1364, used the phrase "die von Obriede" ("those from the Ried area").

Oberried am Brienzersee is located in the Bernese Oberland at the north shore of Lake Brienz.

It includes the sections of Dörfli, Mehrendorf and Ebligen on the shore of the lake and then rises into the alps.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli.

[7] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Semi Ibex rampant Sable langued Gules and a Chief Vert.

[11] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (460 or 94.8%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (5 or 1.0%) and Dutch is the third (5 or 1.0%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] The farm house at Platzli 83 is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 13, of which 10 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 5.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 10 or 12.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 6.4% were in education and 52 or 66.7% were in health care.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 51 or 10.5% were Roman Catholic, while 371 or 76.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.

[19] During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 36 students attending classes in Oberried am Brienzersee.

In winter, the train tracks or canton road can sometimes be blocked because of avalanches.

In such cases the ships which otherwise operate only in the summer carry passengers in the winter as well.