Cottbus
Cottbus Altmarkt (old market square).
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Urban district
Lord Mayor	Frank Szymanski (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	164.28 km² (63.4 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m  (230 ft)
Population	102,265  (31/03/2007)
- Density	623 /km² (1,612 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	CB
Postal codes	03042-03055
Area code	0355
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Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: Chóśebuz, Polish: Chociebuż) is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around 125 km southeast of Berlin on the River Spree. In 31 December 2005, its population was 106,415. [1] Lower Sorbian (dolnoserbšćina) is a Slavic minority language spoken in eastern Germany in the historical province of Lower Lusatia, today part of Brandenburg. ... For the similarly spelled Brandenberg, see Brandenberg (Austria) or Brandenburg (disambiguation) Location Coordinates , , Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE4 Capital Potsdam Minister-President Matthias Platzeck (SPD) Governing parties SPD / CDU Votes in Bundesrat 4 (of 69) Basic statistics Area  29,479 km² (11,382... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... This article is about the river in Germany. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The settlement was established in the 10th century, when the Sorbs erected a castle on a sandy island in the River Spree. The first recorded mention of the town's name was in 1156. In the 13th century German settlers came to the town and thereafter lived side-by-side with the Sorbs. In medieval times Cottbus was known for wool, and the town's drapery was exported all over Brandenburg, Bohemia and Saxony. In 1462 Cottbus was acquired by the Prince-Electors of Brandenburg who came to rule the Duchy of Prussia in 1618. In 1815 the surrounding districts of Upper and Lower Lusatia were ceded by the Kingdom of Saxony to the Kingdom of Prussia ruled from Brandenburg. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... The Sorbs are a Slavic minority indigenous to the region known as Lusatia in the current German states of Saxony and Brandenburg (in former GDR territory). ... For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). ... Events Prince Yuriy Dolgorukiy fortifies Moscow, regarded as the date of the founding of the city Establishment of the Carmelite Order Hogen Rebellion in Japan January 20 - According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of the lake Köyliönjärvi... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... A stereotypical German The Germans (German: die Deutschen), or the German people, are a nation in the meaning an ethnos (in German: Volk), defined more by a sense of sharing a common German culture and having a German mother tongue, than by citizenship or by being subjects to any particular... Medieval Times location in Schaumburg, Illinois. ... For other uses, see Wool (disambiguation). ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ... Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DED Capital Dresden Minister-President Georg Milbradt (CDU) Governing parties CDU / SPD Votes in Bundesrat 4 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  18,416 km² (7,110 sq mi) Population 4,252,000 (11/2006)[1]  - Density 231 /km... Events Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands. ... The prince-electors or electoral princes of the Holy Roman Empire — German: Kurfürst (singular) Kurfürsten (plural) — were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the Emperors of Germany. ... Coat of arms Duchy of Prussia (striped) in the second half of the 16th century Capital Königsberg Religion Protestant (Lutheran) Government Monarchy Duke of Prussia  - 1525 — 1568 Albert I  - 1568 — 1618 Albert Frederick History  - Secularisation April, 1525  - Personal Union (with Brandenburg) August 27, 1618  - Independence September 19, 1657 The... For a bill proposed in USA in 1998, see Bill 1618. ... April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... Lusatia (German: , Upper Sorbian: , Lower Sorbian: , Polish: , Czech: ) is a historical region between the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers and the Elbe river in the eastern German states of Saxony and Brandenburg, south-western Poland (Lower Silesian Voivodeship) and the northern Czech Republic. ... The Kingdom of Saxony, lasting between 1806 and 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in Germany, finally being absorbed into the Weimar Republic in 1918. ... Anthem Preußenlied, Heil dir im Siegerkranz (both unofficial) The Kingdom of Prussia at its greatest extent, at the time of the formation of the German Empire, 1871 Capital Berlin Government Monarchy King  - 1701 — 1713 Frederick I (first)  - 1888 — 1918 William II (last) Prime minister  - 1848 Adolf Heinrich von Arnim...

From 1949 until German Unification in 1990 Cottbus was located in East Germany, also known formally as the German Democratic Republic. Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The unification of Germany can refer to: the 1871 formation of the German Empire under Otto von Bismarck. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... “East Germany” redirects here. ...

Culture and education

Cottbus is the cultural centre of the Lower Sorbian minority. Many signs in the town are bilingual, and there is a Lower Sorbian-medium Gymnasium, but Sorbian is rarely spoken on the streets. Lower Sorbian (dolnoserbski) is a minority language spoken in eastern Germany in the historical province of Lower Lusatia, today part of Brandenburg. ... A gymnasium (pronounced with or, in Swedish, as opposed to ) is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English Grammar Schools and U.S. High Schools. ...

Next to Cottbus is the famous Park of Branitz, created by Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau after 1845. Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau Fürst Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau (en: Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau) (30 October 1785 - 4 February 1871) was a German nobleman, who was an excellent artist in landscape gardening and wrote widely appreciated books, mostly...

Cottbus is also home to the Brandenburg Technical University (BTU) and the maths/science-oriented Max-Steenbeck-Gymnasium, one of Germany's best schools in international competitions, named after the physicist Max Steenbeck.

Every year Cottbus hosts the East European Film Festival.

Cottbus has a football (soccer) team called FC Energie Cottbus currently playing in the first division, Bundesliga. Soccer redirects here. ... FC Energie Cottbus is a German football club based in Cottbus, in the Lausitz region of Brandenburg. ...

Power Generation

There are several coal-fired power stations in the area around Cottbus (Lausitz). The biggest stations are "Schwarze Pumpe" (1600 MW), "Boxberg" (1900 MW) and "Jänschwalde" (3000 MW).

Partner cities

• Montreuil-sous-Bois, France, since 1959
• Grosseto, Italy, since 1967
• Lipetsk, Russia, since 1974
• Zielona Góra, Poland, since 1975
• Targovishte, Bulgaria, since 1975
• Košice, Slovakia, since 1978
• Saarbrücken, Germany, since 1987
• Gelsenkirchen, Germany, since 1995
• Nuneaton and Bedworth, United Kingdom, since 1999

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External links

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• Homepage of Brandenburg Technical University