Cottbus

Cottbus
Cottbus Altmarkt (old market square)
Coat airms
Cottbus
Coordinates:51°45′38″N14°20′03″E
Kintra	Germany
State	Brandenburg
Destrict	Urban destrict
Govrenment
•Laird Mayor	Holger Kelch
Area
• Total	164.28 km2(63.43 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population (2021-12-31)
• Total	98,359
• Density	600/km2(1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST(UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	03042-03055
Diallin codes	0355
Vehicle registration	CB
Website	www.cottbus.de

Cottbus(German pronunciation:[ˈkɔtbʊs];Lawer Sorbie:Chóśebuz;Czech:Chotěbuz;Pols:Chociebuż) is a varsity ceety inBrandenburg,Germany,situatit aroond 125 km (78 mi) sootheast o Berlin, on the RiverSpree.Cottbus is a major railwey junction wi extensive sidins/depots.

History

The dounset wis established in the 10t century, whenSorbserectit acastleon a sandy island in the RiverSpree.The first recorded mention o the toun's name wis in 1156. In the 13t centuryGerman settlerscame tae the toun an thareefter livit side-bi-side wi the Sorbs. Inmedieval timesCottbus wis kent foroo,an the toun's drapery wis exportit aw ower the Brandenburg,BohemieanSaxony.In 1462 Cottbus wis acquired bi theMargraviate o Brandenburg;in 1701 the ceety became pairt o theKingdom o Proushie.In 1815 the surroondin districts oUpperanLawer Lusatiewar cedit bi theKinrick o Saxonytae Proushie. DuringWorld War II,Cottbus wis taken bi theRed Airmyon 22 Apryle 1945.

Frae 1949 tillGerman reunificationin 1990, Cottbus wis pairt o theGerman Democratic Republic(East Germany).

Demografie

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  Blue line: Population syne 1875 within the current boundaries
  Dotted Line: Comparison wi population o Brandenburg state
  Grey background: Time o Nazi rule; Red Background: Time o Communist rule
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  Recent Population development (blue line) an forecasts

Cultur an education

Cottbus is the cultural centre o theLawer Sorbieminority. Mony signs in the toun are bilingual, an thare is a Lawer Sorbie-middlinGymnasium,but Sorbie is rarely spoken on the streets.

Next tae Cottbus is the famousBranitz Park,creatit bi PrinceHermann von Pückler-Muskauefter 1845. Schloss Branitz (Branitz Castle) wis rebuilt bi Gottfried Semper in a late Baroque style atween 1846 an 1852, end the gardens laid bi Prince Hermann featur twa pyramids. Ane o thir, the Seepyramide, is in the middle o a airtificial loch an serves as his mauseoleum.

Cottbus is hame o theBrandenburg Varsity o Technology(BTU) an the maths/science-orientitMax-Steenbeck-Gymnasium,which is namit efter the pheesicistMax Steenbeck.

Every year Cottbus is host tae theEast EuropeanFilm Festival.

Cottbus haes afitbaateam criedFC Energie Cottbus,which currently play in the2. Fußball-Bundesliga.Thair hame matches are played at the ceety'sStadion der Freundschaft.

Pouer generation

Thare are several coal-firedpouer stationsin the aurie aroond Cottbus (Lausitz). The biggest stations are "Schwarze Pumpe"(1600 MW),"Boxberg"(1900 MW) an"Jänschwalde"(3000 MW).

Internaitional relations

Relatit page:Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Germany

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

Cottbus istwinnedwi:

Montreuil-sous-Bois,Fraunce(syne 1959) Grosseto,Italy(syne 1967) Lipetsk,Roushie(syne 1974) Zielona Góra,Poland(syne 1975) Targovishte,Bulgarie(syne 1975)

Košice,Slovakie(syne 1978) Saarbrücken,Germany(syne 1987) Gelsenkirchen,Germany(syne 1995) Nuneaton,Unitit Kinrick(syne 1999)

See an aw

• Cottbus Air Base
• Cottbus-Drewitz Airport
• Cottbus-Neuhausen Airport
• Klinge

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial Wabsteid(in German, Pols, Inglis, and Serbie)
• Homepage of Brandenburg Technical UniversityArchived2013-08-21 at theWayback Machine
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911)."Cottbus".Encyclopædia Britannica(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.