Brienzwiler is a municipality in the Interlaken -Oberhasli administrative district in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland . Besides the village of Brienzwiler, the municipality also includes the settlement of Balmhof.

Brienzwiler is first mentioned in 1347 as Wiler am Brünig.

During the Middle Ages Brienzwiler was held by the Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) family of Rudenz. They held the city for the Lords of Ringgenberg . The Rudenz family held the village until 1361 when they sold it to a citizen of Bern.