Cottbus
Cottbus | |
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![]() Cottbus Altmarkt (old market square) | |
Coordinates:51°45′38″N14°20′03″E/ 51.76056°N 14.33417°ECoordinates:51°45′38″N14°20′03″E/ 51.76056°N 14.33417°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)[1] | |
• 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
[eedit|eedit soorce]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
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Recent Population development (blue line) an forecasts
Cultur an education
[eedit|eedit soorce]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.[2]
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
[eedit|eedit soorce]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
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[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑"Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte, Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg 2021"(PDF).Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg(in German). Juin 2022.
- ↑Udo Lauer, Fürst Pücklers Traumpark, Ullstein Verlag, 1996, Berlin
- ↑abcdefghij"Our twin cities - Cottbus"./www.cottbus.de/.Retrieved24 Juin2013.
- ↑"Zielona Góra Miasta partnerskie".Urząd Miasta Zielona Góra.Retrieved24 Juin2013.
- ↑"International Contacts".Targovishte Municipality.Archivedfrae the original on 13 August 2007.Retrieved29 August2013.
- ↑"Twin cities of the City of Kosice".Magistrát mesta Košice, Tr.Archived fraethe originalon 5 November 2013.Retrieved27 Julie2013.
- ↑"Town Twinnings".Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken.Retrieved11 Juin2013.
- ↑"List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District"(PDF).2009Twins2010.com.Archived fraethe original(PDF)on 28 November 2009.Retrieved28 October2009.freemit airtin in
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- Offeecial Wabsteid(in German, Pols, Inglis, and Serbie)
- Homepage of Brandenburg Technical UniversityArchived2013-08-21 at theWayback Machine
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