Kriens is a city and a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland .

The municipality lies at the foot of the mountain Pilatus, and is a western suburb of Lucerne.

In the oldest documents of the Benedictine Monastery of Lucerne, Chrientes is specified as one of their 16 properties. Chrientes specified an area between Mt. Pilatus and the Lake of Lucerne. The monastery received the area as a present from two noble sisters.