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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3" title="كوتبوس – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كوتبوس" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3" title="کوتبوس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کوتبوس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" title="Котбус – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Котбус" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" title="Котбус – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Котбус" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" title="Котбус – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Котбус" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" title="Котбус – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Котбус" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreisfreie_Stadt_Cottbus" title="Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kreisfreie Stadt Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chot%C4%9Bbuz_(N%C4%9Bmecko)" title="Chotěbuz (Německo) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Chotěbuz (Německo)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%B3%C5%9Bebuz" title="Chóśebuz – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Chóśebuz" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82" title="Κότμπους – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κότμπους" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3" title="کوتبوس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوتبوس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%A7%EB%B6%80%EC%8A%A4" title="콧부스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="콧부스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%A2%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD" title="Կոտբուս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կոտբուս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho%C4%87ebuz" title="Choćebuz – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Choćebuz" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" title="Котбус – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Котбус" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%98%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A1" title="קוטבוס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קוטבוס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="კოტბუსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კოტბუსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotbusium" title="Cotbusium – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Cotbusium" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotbusa" title="Kotbusa – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kotbusa" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotbusas" title="Kotbusas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kotbusas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" title="Котбус – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Котбус" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="კოტბუსი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კოტბუსი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3" title="كوتبوس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كوتبوس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%96%E3%82%B9" title="コトブス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コトブス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" title="Котбус – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Котбус" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%B3%C5%9Bebuz" title="Chóśebuz – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Chóśebuz" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%A8%D8%B3" title="کوٹبس – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کوٹبس" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus/Ch%C3%B3%C5%9Bebuz" title="Cottbus/Chóśebuz – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Cottbus/Chóśebuz" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chociebu%C5%BC" title="Chociebuż – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Chociebuż" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" title="Котбус – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Котбус" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" title="Котбус – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Котбус" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus/Cho%C5%9Bebuz" title="Cottbus/Chośebuz – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Cottbus/Chośebuz" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" title="Котбус – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Котбус" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%AA" title="ค็อทบุส – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ค็อทบุส" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81" title="Котбус – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Котбус" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A7%91%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%83%E6%96%AF" title="科特布斯 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="科特布斯" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A7%91%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%83%E6%96%AF" title="科特布斯 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="科特布斯" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus" title="Cottbus – Dimli" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Cottbus" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" 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class="wrap">Cottbus<br />Chóśebuz </span></div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Brandenburg</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cottbus&params=51_45_38_N_14_20_03_E_type:city(99515)_region:DE-BB"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°45′38″N</span> <span class="longitude">14°20′03″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.76056°N 14.33417°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.76056; 14.33417</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Germany" title="Districts of Germany">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Urban_districts_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban districts of Germany">Urban district</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Lord_mayor" title="Lord mayor">Lord mayor</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2022–30) </span></th><td class="infobox-data">Tobias Schick<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">164.28 km<sup>2</sup> (63.43 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">70 m (230 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022-12-31)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">99,515</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">610/km<sup>2</sup> (1,600/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Germany" title="Time in Germany">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+01:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+02:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Germany" title="Postal codes in Germany">Postal codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">03042-03055</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_dialling_codes_in_Germany" title="List of dialling codes in Germany">Dialling codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0355</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Germany" title="Vehicle registration plates of Germany">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">CB</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cottbus.de/">www<wbr />.cottbus<wbr />.de</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cottbus</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">German pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈkɔtbʊs]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/0\/02\/De-Cottbus.ogg\/De-Cottbus.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"De-Cottbus.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/De-Cottbus.ogg/De-Cottbus.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:De-Cottbus.ogg" title="File:De-Cottbus.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>) or <b><span title="Lower Sorbian-language text"><span lang="dsb" style="font-style: normal;">Chóśebuz</span></span></b> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Sorbian_language" title="Lower Sorbian language">Lower Sorbian</a> pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="dsb-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Sorbian" title="Help:IPA/Sorbian">[ˈxɨɕɛbus]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i>Chociebuż</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Polish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish" title="Help:IPA/Polish">[[xɔˈt͡ɕɛbuʂ]]</a></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a> after the state capital of <a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a>. With around 100,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous city in <a href="/wiki/Lusatia" title="Lusatia">Lusatia</a>. Cottbus lies in the <a href="/wiki/Sorbian_settlement_area" title="Sorbian settlement area">Sorbian settlement area</a> (<span title="Lower Sorbian-language text"><i lang="dsb"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbski_sedle%C5%84ski_rum" class="extiw" title="dsb:Serbski sedleński rum">Serbski sedleński rum</a></i></span>) of <a href="/wiki/Lower_Lusatia" title="Lower Lusatia">Lower Lusatia</a>, and is the second-largest city on the <a href="/wiki/River_Spree" class="mw-redirect" title="River Spree">River Spree</a> after <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, which is situated around 125 km (78 mi) downstream. The city is located on the shores of Germany's largest artificial lake, the <a href="/wiki/Cottbuser_Ostsee" title="Cottbuser Ostsee">Cottbuser Ostsee</a> (<span title="Lower Sorbian-language text"><i lang="dsb"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%B3%C5%9Bebuski_p%C3%B3dzajt%C5%A1ny_jazor" class="extiw" title="dsb:Chóśebuski pódzajtšny jazor">Chóśebuski pódzajtšny jazor</a></i></span>). </p><p>Cottbus is considered the political and cultural center of the Lower Sorbian-speaking <a href="/wiki/Sorbs" title="Sorbs">Sorbs</a> (in Lower Lusatia also called the <a href="/wiki/Wends" title="Wends">Wends</a>), while the overall center of all Sorbs (Lower and Upper) is <a href="/wiki/Bautzen" title="Bautzen">Bautzen</a> (<i>Budyšin</i>). Cottbus is the largest bilingual city in Germany. Signage is mostly in German and Lower Sorbian. The city is the seat of several Lower Sorbian institutions like the Lower Sorbian version of the <a href="/wiki/Sorbischer_Rundfunk" title="Sorbischer Rundfunk">Sorbischer Rundfunk</a> (<span title="Lower Sorbian-language text"><i lang="dsb"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbski_rozg%C5%82os" class="extiw" title="dsb:Serbski rozgłos">Serbski rozgłos</a></i></span>/<span title="Lower Sorbian-language text"><i lang="dsb">Bramborske Serbske Radijo</i></span>), the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Sorbian_Gymnasium_Cottbus" title="Lower Sorbian Gymnasium Cottbus">Lower Sorbian Gymnasium</a>, and the Wendish Museum (<span title="Lower Sorbian-language text"><i lang="dsb"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbski_muzej_(Ch%C3%B3%C5%9Bebuz)" class="extiw" title="dsb:Serbski muzej (Chóśebuz)">Serbski muzej</a></i></span>). The use of the Lower Sorbian language, however, is more widespread in the surrounding villages than in the city itself. <a href="/wiki/Cottbus_Hauptbahnhof" title="Cottbus Hauptbahnhof">Cottbus Hauptbahnhof</a> (<i>Chóśebuz głowne dwórnišćo</i>) is a major railway junction with extensive <a href="/wiki/Siding_(rail)" title="Siding (rail)">sidings</a>/depots. </p><p>In the 10th century, the <a href="/wiki/Wends" title="Wends">Wends</a> constructed the largest Slavic castle of Lower Lusatia, a <a href="/wiki/Gord_(archaeology)" title="Gord (archaeology)">gord</a>, on a <a href="/wiki/River_Spree" class="mw-redirect" title="River Spree">Spree</a> island. This former gord is considered the nucleus of the city. On it rises the massive 13th century Castle Tower (<span title="Lower Sorbian-language text"><i lang="dsb">grodojski torm</i></span>) with its blue clock. </p><p>Cottbus is the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg_University_of_Technology" title="Brandenburg University of Technology">Brandenburg University of Technology</a> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus–Senftenberg</i>, <a href="/wiki/Lower_Sorbian_language" title="Lower Sorbian language">Lower Sorbian</a>: <i lang="dsb">Bramborska techniska uniwersita Chóśebuz–Zły Komorow</i>). Due to this, the city has the official names <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Universitätsstadt Cottbus</i></span>/<span title="Lower Sorbian-language text"><i lang="dsb">Uniwersitne město Chóśebuz</i></span> ('University City Cottbus'). <a href="/wiki/Branitz_Palace" title="Branitz Palace">Branitz Castle</a>, built in 1770–71, in the southeast of the city, was a residence of the <a href="/wiki/Hermann,_F%C3%BCrst_von_P%C3%BCckler-Muskau" title="Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau">Prince of Pückler-Muskau</a>. The prince, who also created <a href="/wiki/Muskau_Park" title="Muskau Park">Muskau Park</a>, designed the extensive Branitz Park on the shores of the Spree, with its two grass pyramids. <a href="/wiki/Staatstheater_Cottbus" title="Staatstheater Cottbus">Cottbus State Theater</a> (<span title="Lower Sorbian-language text"><i lang="dsb">Statne źiwadło Chóśebuz</i></span>) is the only state theater in <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Wendish_Quarter" title="Wendish Quarter">Wendish Quarter</a> is a part of the city supposed to resemble the traditional Sorbian architectural style, constructed of prefabricated concrete slabs in <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> between 1984 and 1989. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spelling">Spelling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Spelling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until the beginning of the 20th century, the spelling of the city's name was disputed. In <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, the spelling "Kottbus" was preferred, and it is still used for the capital's <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Kottbusser Tor</i></span> ("Cottbus Gate"). Locally the traditional spelling "Cottbus" (which defies standard German-language rules) was preferred, and it is now used in most circumstances. Because the official spelling used locally before the <a href="/wiki/German_orthography_reform_of_1996" title="German orthography reform of 1996">spelling reforms of 1996</a> had contravened even the standardized spelling rules already in place, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Standing_Committee_for_Geographical_Names&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Standing Committee for Geographical Names (page does not exist)">Standing Committee for Geographical Names</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A4ndiger_Ausschuss_f%C3%BCr_geographische_Namen" class="extiw" title="de:Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen">de</a>]</span> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen</i>) stress their urgent recommendation that geographical names should respect the national spelling standards.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Does this mean they recommended a different spelling for the city name? (May 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A citizen of the city may be identified as either a "Cottbuser" or a "Cottbusser". </p><p>Names in different languages: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a>: <i lang="cs">Chotěbuz</i>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="cs-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Czech" title="Help:IPA/Czech">[ˈxocɛbus]</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Cottbus</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Cotbusium</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Chociebuż</i>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish" title="Help:IPA/Polish">[xɔˈt͡ɕɛbuʂ]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/6\/65\/Pl-Chociebu%C5%BC.ogg\/Pl-Chociebu%C5%BC.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Pl-Chociebu\u017c.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/Pl-Chociebu%C5%BC.ogg/Pl-Chociebu%C5%BC.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Pl-Chociebu%C5%BC.ogg" title="File:Pl-Chociebuż.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Sorbian_language" title="Lower Sorbian language">Lower Sorbian</a>: <i lang="dsb">Chóśebuz</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Sorbian_language" title="Upper Sorbian language">Upper Sorbian</a>: <i lang="hsb">Choćebuz</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yiddish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yiddish language">Yiddish</a>: <span lang="yi" dir="rtl">קוטבוס</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Yiddish" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Yiddish">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Yiddish-language romanization"><i lang="yi-Latn">Kotbus</i></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The settlement was established in the tenth century, when <a href="/wiki/Sorbs" title="Sorbs">Sorbs</a> erected a <a href="/wiki/Castle" title="Castle">castle</a> on a sandy island in the River <a href="/wiki/Spree_(river)" title="Spree (river)">Spree</a>. It was captured by the <a href="/wiki/March_of_Lusatia" title="March of Lusatia">March of Lusatia</a> in 965, then it passed to Poland under <a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_I_the_Brave" title="Bolesław I the Brave">Bolesław I the Brave</a> in 1002, and back to the March of Lusatia in 1032. The first recorded mention of the town's name was in 1156. In the 13th century <a href="/wiki/Ostsiedlung" title="Ostsiedlung">German settlers</a> came to the town and thereafter lived side by side with the Sorbs. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> Cottbus was known for <a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">wool</a>, and the town's drapery was exported throughout Brandenburg, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bohemia" title="Kingdom of Bohemia">Bohemia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Saxony" title="Electorate of Saxony">Saxony</a>. It was also located on an important trade route, called the "Salt Road", which was used to transport salt from <a href="/wiki/Halle_(Saale)" title="Halle (Saale)">Halle</a> to Lusatia and further east to Poland.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was part of the <a href="/wiki/Margraviate_of_Lusatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Margraviate of Lusatia">Margraviate of Lusatia</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Lower_Lusatia" title="Lower Lusatia">Lower Lusatia</a>, which was held by the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Wettin" title="House of Wettin">House of Wettin</a> until it became a <a href="/wiki/Lands_of_the_Bohemian_Crown" title="Lands of the Bohemian Crown">Bohemian Crown Land</a> in 1367. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid 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class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Poland (c. 960–1025)">Duchy of Poland</a> 1002–1025<br /> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Poland_(1025%E2%80%931031)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Poland (1025–1031)">Kingdom of Poland</a> 1025–1031<br /> <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Poland_(1031%E2%80%931076)" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Poland (1031–1076)">Duchy of Poland</a> 1032<br /> <span style="margin-right:7px;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Armoiries_Basse-Lusace.svg/18px-Armoiries_Basse-Lusace.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Armoiries_Basse-Lusace.svg/27px-Armoiries_Basse-Lusace.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Armoiries_Basse-Lusace.svg/36px-Armoiries_Basse-Lusace.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></span></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/March_of_Lusatia" title="March of Lusatia">March of Lusatia</a> 1032–1367<br /> <span style="margin-right:7px;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Blason_Boheme.svg/18px-Blason_Boheme.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Blason_Boheme.svg/27px-Blason_Boheme.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Blason_Boheme.svg/36px-Blason_Boheme.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="741" data-file-height="820" /></span></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lands_of_the_Bohemian_Crown" title="Lands of the Bohemian Crown">Bohemian Crown</a> 1367–1445<br /> <span style="margin-right:7px;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png/18px-Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png/27px-Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png/36px-Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Margraviate_of_Brandenburg" title="Margraviate of Brandenburg">Margraviate of Brandenburg</a> 1445–1618<br /> <span style="margin-right:7px;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png/18px-Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png/27px-Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png/36px-Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg-Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Brandenburg-Prussia">Brandenburg-Prussia</a> 1618–1701<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281750-1801%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281750-1801%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281750-1801%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281750-1801%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281750-1801%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281750-1801%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a> 1701–1807<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_flag_of_Saxony_before_1815.svg/23px-State_flag_of_Saxony_before_1815.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_flag_of_Saxony_before_1815.svg/35px-State_flag_of_Saxony_before_1815.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/State_flag_of_Saxony_before_1815.svg/45px-State_flag_of_Saxony_before_1815.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saxony" title="Kingdom of Saxony">Kingdom of Saxony</a> 1807–1815<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a> 1815–1871<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> 1871–1918<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Germany_%283-2%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Germany_%283-2%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Germany_%283-2%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Germany_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Weimar_Republic" title="Weimar Republic">Weimar Republic</a> 1918–1933<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> 1933–1945<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Merchant_flag_of_Germany_%281946%E2%80%931949%29.svg/23px-Merchant_flag_of_Germany_%281946%E2%80%931949%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Merchant_flag_of_Germany_%281946%E2%80%931949%29.svg/35px-Merchant_flag_of_Germany_%281946%E2%80%931949%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Merchant_flag_of_Germany_%281946%E2%80%931949%29.svg/45px-Merchant_flag_of_Germany_%281946%E2%80%931949%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany" title="Allied-occupied Germany">Allied-occupied Germany</a> 1945–1949<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">GDR</a> 1949–1990<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Federal Republic Germany</a> 1990–date </p> </blockquote> </div> <p>In 1445 Cottbus was acquired by the <a href="/wiki/Margraviate_of_Brandenburg" title="Margraviate of Brandenburg">Margraviate of Brandenburg</a> from Bohemia. It was an <a href="/wiki/Exclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Exclave">exclave</a> almost completely surrounded by Bohemian Lower Lusatia (with a short border with the <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Saxony" title="Electorate of Saxony">Electorate of Saxony</a> to the south-west). In 1514 Jan Rak founded the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Universitas Serborum</i></span>, a Sorbian gymnasium, in the city. In 1635 Lower Lusatia was ceded by Bohemia to Saxony, thereby making Cottbus an <a href="/wiki/Enclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Enclave">enclave</a> of Saxony. In 1701 <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg-Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Brandenburg-Prussia">Brandenburg-Prussia</a> became the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a>. </p><p>In 1807, following the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Fourth_Coalition" title="War of the Fourth Coalition">War of the Fourth Coalition</a>, Cottbus was ceded by Prussia to the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saxony" title="Kingdom of Saxony">Kingdom of Saxony</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Treaties_of_Tilsit" title="Treaties of Tilsit">Treaty of Tilsit</a>, reuniting it with Lower Lusatia. Cottbus was returned to Prussia by the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna" title="Congress of Vienna">Congress of Vienna</a> in 1815 after the Napoleonic wars. Lower Lusatia was also ceded to Prussia and both became part of the Prussian <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Brandenburg" title="Province of Brandenburg">Province of Brandenburg</a> (and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Regierungsbezirk Frankfurt</i></span>), where they remained until 1947. In the 19th century, the <i>Bramborski Serbski Casnik</i> Sorbian newspaper was published in the city, and in 1880, the first Lower Lusatian department of the <a href="/wiki/Ma%C4%87ica_Serbska" title="Maćica Serbska">Maćica Serbska</a> organization was established there.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1871 Prussia, and therefore Cottbus, became part of the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a>. According to the Prussian census of 1905, the city of Cottbus had a population of 46,270, of which 97% were <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">Germans</a>, 2% were <a href="/wiki/Sorbs" title="Sorbs">Sorbs</a> and 1% were <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Poles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In interwar Germany, the town was the site of a concentration camp for unwanted <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a> immigrants from <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, a Nazi prison for women was operated in the city with multiple <a href="/wiki/Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II" title="Forced labour under German rule during World War II">forced labour</a> subcamps located both in the city and other places in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Polish actor <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Ha%C5%84cza" title="Władysław Hańcza">Władysław Hańcza</a> was imprisoned in a forced labour camp in the city in 1944–1945.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the final weeks of the war, Cottbus was taken by the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> on 22 April 1945. In January 1946, Cottbus issued 34 semi-postal postage stamps to help finance rebuilding the city. From 1949 until <a href="/wiki/German_reunification" title="German reunification">German reunification</a> in 1990, Cottbus was part of the <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">German Democratic Republic</a> (East Germany). From 1952 to 1990, Cottbus was the administrative seat of <a href="/wiki/Bezirk_Cottbus" title="Bezirk Cottbus">Bezirk Cottbus</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cottbus_07-2017_img26_Klosterkirche.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gothic Franciscan church and later Sorbian Protestant Church"><img alt="Gothic Franciscan church and later Sorbian Protestant Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Cottbus_07-2017_img26_Klosterkirche.jpg/120px-Cottbus_07-2017_img26_Klosterkirche.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Cottbus_07-2017_img26_Klosterkirche.jpg/180px-Cottbus_07-2017_img26_Klosterkirche.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bramborski_Serbski_Casnik.jpg/135px-Bramborski_Serbski_Casnik.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bramborski_Serbski_Casnik.jpg/181px-Bramborski_Serbski_Casnik.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="664" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">First issue of the <i>Bramborski Serbski Casnik</i> Sorbian newspaper, 1848</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boroughs">Boroughs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Boroughs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ortsteile_von_Cottbus.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Ortsteile_von_Cottbus.svg/400px-Ortsteile_von_Cottbus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="490" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Ortsteile_von_Cottbus.svg/600px-Ortsteile_von_Cottbus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Ortsteile_von_Cottbus.svg/800px-Ortsteile_von_Cottbus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="980" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable zebra" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>German</th> <th>Lower Sorbian</th> <th>Inhabitants</th> <th>Surface area (km<sup>2</sup>)</th> <th>Population density</th> <th>First mention</th> <th>Incorporation </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitte_(Cottbus)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mitte (Cottbus) (page does not exist)">Mitte</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitte_(Cottbus)" class="extiw" title="de:Mitte (Cottbus)">de</a>)</td> <td>Srjejź</td> <td>10,732</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>6,313</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Schmellwitz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Schmellwitz (page does not exist)">Schmellwitz</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmellwitz" class="extiw" title="de:Schmellwitz">de</a>)</td> <td>Chmjelow</td> <td>14,116</td> <td>8.1</td> <td>1,743</td> <td>1414</td> <td>1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sandow_(Cottbus)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sandow (Cottbus) (page does not exist)">Sandow</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandow_(Cottbus)" class="extiw" title="de:Sandow (Cottbus)">de</a>)</td> <td><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDandow" class="extiw" title="dsb:Žandow">Žandow</a></td> <td>15,301</td> <td>8.7</td> <td>1,759</td> <td>1415</td> <td>1905 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spremberger_Vorstadt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spremberger Vorstadt (page does not exist)">Spremberger Vorstadt</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spremberger_Vorstadt" class="extiw" title="de:Spremberger Vorstadt">de</a>)</td> <td>Grodkojske pśedměsto</td> <td>13,800</td> <td>3.6</td> <td>3,833</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Str%C3%B6bitz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ströbitz (page does not exist)">Ströbitz</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Str%C3%B6bitz_(Cottbus)" class="extiw" title="de:Ströbitz (Cottbus)">de</a>)</td> <td>Strobice</td> <td>15,726</td> <td>11.7</td> <td>1,344</td> <td>1452</td> <td>1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sielow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sielow (page does not exist)">Sielow</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sielow" class="extiw" title="de:Sielow">de</a>)</td> <td>Žylow</td> <td>3,510</td> <td>18.8</td> <td>187</td> <td>1300</td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saspow_(Cottbus)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saspow (Cottbus) (page does not exist)">Saspow</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saspow" class="extiw" title="de:Saspow">de</a>)</td> <td><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaspy" class="extiw" title="dsb:Zaspy">Zaspy</a></td> <td>686</td> <td>4.3</td> <td>160</td> <td>1455</td> <td>1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merzdorf_(Cottbus)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Merzdorf (Cottbus) (page does not exist)">Merzdorf</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merzdorf_(Cottbus)" class="extiw" title="de:Merzdorf (Cottbus)">de</a>)</td> <td>Žylowk</td> <td>1,089</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>147</td> <td>1411</td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dissenchen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dissenchen (page does not exist)">Dissenchen</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissenchen" class="extiw" title="de:Dissenchen">de</a>)</td> <td><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%C5%A1ank" class="extiw" title="dsb:Dešank">Dešank</a></td> <td>1,101</td> <td>30.7</td> <td>36</td> <td>1536</td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Branitz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Branitz (page does not exist)">Branitz</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branitz_(Cottbus)" class="extiw" title="de:Branitz (Cottbus)">de</a>)</td> <td>Rogeńc</td> <td>1,446</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>268</td> <td>1449</td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madlow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Madlow (page does not exist)">Madlow</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madlow" class="extiw" title="de:Madlow">de</a>)</td> <td>Módłej</td> <td>1,630</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>543</td> <td>1346</td> <td>1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sachsendorf_(Cottbus)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sachsendorf (Cottbus) (page does not exist)">Sachsendorf</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachsendorf_(Cottbus)" class="extiw" title="de:Sachsendorf (Cottbus)">de</a>)</td> <td>Knorawa</td> <td>10,584</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>1,603</td> <td>1779</td> <td>1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%B6bbrick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Döbbrick (page does not exist)">Döbbrick</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6bbrick" class="extiw" title="de:Döbbrick">de</a>)</td> <td>Depsk</td> <td>1,695</td> <td>15.5</td> <td>109</td> <td>1551</td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skadow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skadow (page does not exist)">Skadow</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skadow" class="extiw" title="de:Skadow">de</a>)</td> <td><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0k%C3%B3dow" class="extiw" title="dsb:Škódow">Škódow</a></td> <td>568</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>123</td> <td>1407</td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willmersdorf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Willmersdorf (page does not exist)">Willmersdorf</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willmersdorf_(Cottbus)" class="extiw" title="de:Willmersdorf (Cottbus)">de</a>)</td> <td>Rogozno</td> <td>633</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>99</td> <td>1449</td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kahren&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kahren (page does not exist)">Kahren</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahren_(Cottbus)" class="extiw" title="de:Kahren (Cottbus)">de</a>)</td> <td>Kórjeń</td> <td>1,259</td> <td>14.0</td> <td>90</td> <td>1300</td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiekebusch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kiekebusch (page does not exist)">Kiekebusch</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiekebusch_(Cottbus)" class="extiw" title="de:Kiekebusch (Cottbus)">de</a>)</td> <td>Kibuš</td> <td>1,292</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>349</td> <td>1427</td> <td>2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gallinchen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gallinchen (page does not exist)">Gallinchen</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallinchen" class="extiw" title="de:Gallinchen">de</a>)</td> <td>Gołynk</td> <td>2,768</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>503</td> <td>1421</td> <td>2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gro%C3%9F_Gaglow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Groß Gaglow (page does not exist)">Groß Gaglow</a> (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9F_Gaglow" class="extiw" title="de:Groß Gaglow">de</a>)</td> <td>Gogolow</td> <td>1,487</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>323</td> <td>1389</td> <td>2003 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Cottbus</b></td> <td><b>Chóśebuz</b></td> <td><b>99,423</b></td> <td><b>164.3</b></td> <td><b>605</b></td> <td><b>1156</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bev%C3%B6lkerungsentwicklung_Cottbus.pdf" class="mw-file-description" title="Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)"><img alt="Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bev%C3%B6lkerungsentwicklung_Cottbus.pdf/page1-250px-Bev%C3%B6lkerungsentwicklung_Cottbus.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bev%C3%B6lkerungsentwicklung_Cottbus.pdf/page1-375px-Bev%C3%B6lkerungsentwicklung_Cottbus.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bev%C3%B6lkerungsentwicklung_Cottbus.pdf/page1-500px-Bev%C3%B6lkerungsentwicklung_Cottbus.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1752" data-file-height="1239" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>; Red Background: Time of communist <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bev%C3%B6lkerungsprognosen_Cottbus.pdf" class="mw-file-description" title="Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line))"><img alt="Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line))" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Bev%C3%B6lkerungsprognosen_Cottbus.pdf/page1-250px-Bev%C3%B6lkerungsprognosen_Cottbus.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Bev%C3%B6lkerungsprognosen_Cottbus.pdf/page1-375px-Bev%C3%B6lkerungsprognosen_Cottbus.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Bev%C3%B6lkerungsprognosen_Cottbus.pdf/page1-500px-Bev%C3%B6lkerungsprognosen_Cottbus.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1752" data-file-height="1239" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the <a href="/wiki/Census_in_Germany" title="Census in Germany">Census in Germany</a> in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line))</div> </li> </ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:45em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Cottbus: Population development <br />within the current boundaries (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1875 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">35,201</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1890 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">46,671</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.90%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1910 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">65,438</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.70%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1925 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">68,228</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.28%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1933 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">72,286</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.72%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1939 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">75,969</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.83%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1946 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">73,010</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.57%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1950 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">73,695</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.23%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1964 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">84,952</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.02%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1971 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">94,606</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.55%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1981 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">125,326</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.85%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1985 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">133,232</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.54%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1989 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">137,366</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.77%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">134,781</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.88%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1991 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">131,625</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−2.34%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1992 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">131,343</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.21%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1993 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">130,756</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.45%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1994 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">128,601</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.65%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">126,343</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.76%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1996 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">124,389</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−1.55%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1997 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">122,579</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.46%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1998 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">119,629</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−2.41%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1999 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">115,970</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.06%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">113,618</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−2.03%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 2001 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">111,125</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−2.19%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2002 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">109,144</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.78%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2003 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">107,549</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.46%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2004 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">106,415</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.05%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2005 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">105,309</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.04%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2006 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">103,837</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.40%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">102,811</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.99%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2008 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">101,785</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.00%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2009 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">101,671</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.11%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">102,091</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.41%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 2011 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">99,974</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−2.07%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2012 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">99,913</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.06%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2013 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">99,595</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.32%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2014 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">99,491</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.10%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">99,687</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.20%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 2016 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">100,416</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.73%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2017 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">101,036</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.62%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2018 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">100,219</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.81%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2019 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">99,678</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.54%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">98,693</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.99%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2021 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">98,347</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.35%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cottbus has an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Cfb</i>) in spite of being far inland on a relatively high latitude. Summers are very warm for being so far north, while winters are often mild due to prevailing trade winds from the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> facing little natural obstacles on the way to the area. When wind directions come from elsewhere, hard freezes occasionally take place. As a result, the annual temperature amplitude is quite high for an oceanic climate, ranging from 35 °C (95 °F) in summer to −15 °C (5 °F) in winter. Precipitation is frequent, although usually light in accumulation. Snowfall is a regular occurrence with 36 days of snow cover annually,<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Cottbus remains mild enough that it usually thaws quickly. Most of the year is gloomy, with a notable exception in late spring. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Cottbus (1991–2020 normals, extremes since 1900) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.3<br />(91.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF0F00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.2<br />(102.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.9<br />(102.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.5<br />(101.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF0F00; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">39.2<br />(102.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4<br />(52.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.4<br />(90.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.6<br />(92.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.4<br />(92.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.9<br />(82.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35.5<br />(95.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(38.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(60.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(68.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(68.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(46.8) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(40.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8<br />(67.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1<br />(41.2) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9<br />(35.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.1<br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.7<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(32.7) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(46.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(53.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5<br />(41.9) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9<br />(35.4) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.7<br />(30.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.8<br />(9.0) </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.9<br />(14.2) </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.7<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.1<br />(26.4) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5<br />(34.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(42.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(46.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(45.5) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.1<br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.6<br />(21.9) </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.3<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−14.8<br />(5.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #5757FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−26.6<br />(−15.9) </td> <td style="background: #4747FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−29.5<br />(−21.1) </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−23.0<br />(−9.4) </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14.2<br />(6.4) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.5<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.9<br />(28.6) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3<br />(39.7) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(37.8) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.7<br />(27.1) </td> <td style="background: #AFAFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10.2<br />(13.6) </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14.4<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #5B5BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−25.8<br />(−14.4) </td> <td style="background: #4747FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−29.5<br />(−21.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #C1FFC1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.5<br />(1.63) </td> <td style="background: #C7FFC7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.1<br />(1.34) </td> <td style="background: #C2FFC2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.9<br />(1.61) </td> <td style="background: #CFFFCF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(1.20) </td> <td style="background: #AAFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.6<br />(2.23) </td> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.1<br />(2.09) </td> <td style="background: #8FFF8F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.8<br />(2.94) </td> <td style="background: #A1FFA1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.0<br />(2.48) </td> <td style="background: #B7FFB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.3<br />(1.82) </td> <td style="background: #C2FFC2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.5<br />(1.59) </td> <td style="background: #BCFFBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.9<br />(1.69) </td> <td style="background: #C0FFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.0<br />(1.65) </td> <td style="background: #B7FFB7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">566.0<br />(22.28) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #2727FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.5 </td> <td style="background: #3A3AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.5 </td> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.0 </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #5D5DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.1 </td> <td style="background: #6262FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.3 </td> <td style="background: #5757FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.6 </td> <td style="background: #5F5FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.9 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8 </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.7 </td> <td style="background: #4444FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.6 </td> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.4 </td> <td style="background: #5050FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">167.0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000BE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000CD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.5 </td> <td style="background: #0101FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.4 </td> <td style="background: #0101FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000DA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000C7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000BA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">75.0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #626262; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">54.0 </td> <td style="background: #9A9A9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.1 </td> <td style="background: #B9B94C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">127.1 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192.4 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">227.3 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">228.0 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">237.2 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">227.4 </td> <td style="background: #CFCF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">169.0 </td> <td style="background: #B5B562; color:#000000;" class="notheme">118.9 </td> <td style="background: #767676; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62.7 </td> <td style="background: #595959; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">49.1 </td> <td style="background: #C4C40D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,770.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Infoclimat<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_education">Culture and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Culture and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nsg-cottbus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Nsg-cottbus.jpg/220px-Nsg-cottbus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Nsg-cottbus.jpg/330px-Nsg-cottbus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Nsg-cottbus.jpg/440px-Nsg-cottbus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="618" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Lower_Sorbian_Gymnasium_Cottbus" title="Lower Sorbian Gymnasium Cottbus">Lower Sorbian Gymnasium Cottbus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IKMZ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/IKMZ.jpg/220px-IKMZ.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/IKMZ.jpg/330px-IKMZ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/IKMZ.jpg/440px-IKMZ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="979" data-file-height="707" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg_University_of_Technology" title="Brandenburg University of Technology">Brandenburg University of Technology</a> Library</figcaption></figure> <p>Cottbus is the cultural centre of the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Sorbian_language" title="Lower Sorbian language">Lower Sorbian</a> minority. Many signs in the town are bilingual, and there is a Lower Sorbian-medium <i><a href="/wiki/Gymnasium_(school)" title="Gymnasium (school)">Gymnasium</a></i> and a <a href="/wiki/Sorbian_Quarter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sorbian Quarter">Sorbian Quarter</a>, but Sorbian is rarely spoken on the streets. </p><p>Next to Cottbus is the famous <a href="/w/index.php?title=Branitz_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Branitz Park (page does not exist)">Branitz Park</a>, created by Prince <a href="/wiki/Hermann_von_P%C3%BCckler-Muskau" class="mw-redirect" title="Hermann von Pückler-Muskau">Hermann von Pückler-Muskau</a> after 1845. Schloss Branitz (<a href="/wiki/Branitz_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Branitz Castle">Branitz Castle</a>) was rebuilt by Gottfried Semper in a late Baroque style between 1846 and 1852, and the gardens Prince Hermann laid feature two pyramids. One of these, the Seepyramide, is in the middle of an artificial lake and serves as his <a href="/wiki/Mausoleum" title="Mausoleum">mausoleum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cottbus is also home to the <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg_University_of_Technology" title="Brandenburg University of Technology">Brandenburg University of Technology</a> (BTU) and the maths/science-oriented Max-Steenbeck-Gymnasium, named after the physicist <a href="/wiki/Max_Steenbeck" title="Max Steenbeck">Max Steenbeck</a>. </p><p>Every year Cottbus hosts the <a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Europe_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="East Europe International Film Festival (page does not exist)">East Europe International Film Festival</a>. </p><p>Cottbus has a <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> team, <a href="/wiki/FC_Energie_Cottbus" title="FC Energie Cottbus">Energie Cottbus</a>, that plays in the <a href="/wiki/Regionalliga_Nordost" title="Regionalliga Nordost">Regionalliga Nordost</a> as of the 2021–2022 season. Their home matches are played at the city's <a href="/wiki/Stadion_der_Freundschaft_(Cottbus)" title="Stadion der Freundschaft (Cottbus)">Stadion der Freundschaft</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cottbus_Hbf_-_Ch%C3%B3%C5%9Bebuz_g%C5%82dw,_Station_Sign.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Cottbus_Hbf_-_Ch%C3%B3%C5%9Bebuz_g%C5%82dw%2C_Station_Sign.jpeg/220px-Cottbus_Hbf_-_Ch%C3%B3%C5%9Bebuz_g%C5%82dw%2C_Station_Sign.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Cottbus_Hbf_-_Ch%C3%B3%C5%9Bebuz_g%C5%82dw%2C_Station_Sign.jpeg/330px-Cottbus_Hbf_-_Ch%C3%B3%C5%9Bebuz_g%C5%82dw%2C_Station_Sign.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Cottbus_Hbf_-_Ch%C3%B3%C5%9Bebuz_g%C5%82dw%2C_Station_Sign.jpeg/440px-Cottbus_Hbf_-_Ch%C3%B3%C5%9Bebuz_g%C5%82dw%2C_Station_Sign.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Bilingual sign at <a href="/wiki/Cottbus_Hauptbahnhof" title="Cottbus Hauptbahnhof">Cottbus main station</a> – German: Cottbus Hauptbahnhof (Hbf), Lower Sorbian: Chóśebuz głowne dwórnišćo (gł.dw.)</figcaption></figure> <p>Cottbus is served by <a href="/wiki/Cottbus_Hauptbahnhof" title="Cottbus Hauptbahnhof">Cottbus Hauptbahnhof</a> main railway station. </p><p>Two airports serve the city: <a href="/wiki/Cottbus-Drewitz_Airport" title="Cottbus-Drewitz Airport">Cottbus-Drewitz Airport</a> (approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of Cottbus), and <a href="/wiki/Cottbus-Neuhausen_Airport" title="Cottbus-Neuhausen Airport">Cottbus-Neuhausen Airport</a> (approximately 10 km (6.2 miles) south-east of Cottbus). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport" title="Berlin Brandenburg Airport">Berlin Brandenburg Airport</a> can be reached in one hour from Cottbus. </p><p>Local public transport is served by trams and buses operated by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbusverkehr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cottbusverkehr (page does not exist)">Cottbusverkehr</a> GmbH and <a href="/wiki/DB_Regio" title="DB Regio">DB Regio</a> Bus Ost GmbH, both of which are members of the <a href="/wiki/Verkehrsverbund_Berlin-Brandenburg" title="Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg">Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg</a> (VBB). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Power_generation">Power generation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Power generation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several lignite-fired <a href="/wiki/Power_station" title="Power station">power stations</a> in the area around Cottbus (Lausitz) fed through local <a href="/wiki/Open_pit_mining" class="mw-redirect" title="Open pit mining">open pit mining</a>. The biggest stations are "<a href="/wiki/Schwarze_Pumpe_power_station" title="Schwarze Pumpe power station">Schwarze Pumpe</a>" (1600 MW), "<a href="/wiki/Boxberg_Power_Station" title="Boxberg Power Station">Boxberg</a>" (1900 MW) and "<a href="/wiki/J%C3%A4nschwalde_Power_Station" title="Jänschwalde Power Station">Jänschwalde</a>" (3000 MW). Some of the open-pit mines have already been shut down with the former <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus-Nord_opencast_mine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cottbus-Nord opencast mine (page does not exist)">Cottbus-Nord opencast mine</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagebau_Cottbus_Nord" class="extiw" title="de:Tagebau Cottbus Nord">de</a>]</span> being converted into an artificial lake with 19 km<sup>2</sup> (7.3 sq mi) surface area called <a href="/wiki/Cottbuser_Ostsee" title="Cottbuser Ostsee">Cottbuser Ostsee</a> (Cottbus eastern lake).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (October 2024)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mayor_and_city_council">Mayor and city council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Mayor and city council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2024_UEC_Track_Jun_%26_U23_European_Championships_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/2024_UEC_Track_Jun_%26_U23_European_Championships_001.jpg/220px-2024_UEC_Track_Jun_%26_U23_European_Championships_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/2024_UEC_Track_Jun_%26_U23_European_Championships_001.jpg/330px-2024_UEC_Track_Jun_%26_U23_European_Championships_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/2024_UEC_Track_Jun_%26_U23_European_Championships_001.jpg/440px-2024_UEC_Track_Jun_%26_U23_European_Championships_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3031" data-file-height="4529" /></a><figcaption>Tobias Schick in 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>The current mayor is Tobias Schick of the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a> (SPD) since 2022. The most recent mayoral election was held on 11 September 2022, with a runoff held on 9 October, and the results were as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate </th> <th rowspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="2">First round </th> <th colspan="2">Second round </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#E3000F"> </td> <td align="left">Tobias Schick </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a> </td> <td>13,300 </td> <td>31.8 </td> <td>29,526 </td> <td>68.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00A2DE"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lars_Schieske" title="Lars Schieske">Lars Schieske</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany" title="Alternative for Germany">Alternative for Germany</a> </td> <td>11,026 </td> <td>26.4 </td> <td>13,488 </td> <td>31.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#151518"> </td> <td align="left">Thomas Bergner </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a> </td> <td>10,302 </td> <td>24.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="left">Sveb Benken </td> <td align="left">Our Cottbus! </td> <td>2,485 </td> <td>5.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFED00"> </td> <td align="left">Felix Sicker </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Free_Democratic_Party_(Germany)" title="Free Democratic Party (Germany)">Free Democratic Party</a> </td> <td>2,377 </td> <td>5.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#4AA79D"> </td> <td align="left">Lysann Kobbe </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Grassroots_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany">dieBasis</a> </td> <td>1,621 </td> <td>3.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Johann Staudinger </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>716 </td> <td>1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Valid votes </th> <th>41,827 </th> <th>99.4 </th> <th>43,014 </th> <th>99.1 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Invalid votes </th> <th>260 </th> <th>0.6 </th> <th>383 </th> <th>0.9 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Total </th> <th>42,087 </th> <th>100.0 </th> <th>43,397 </th> <th>100.0 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Electorate/voter turnout </th> <th>78,918 </th> <th>53.3 </th> <th>78,912 </th> <th>55.0 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Source: City of Cottbus (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cottbus.de/opt/wahl/ob22/">1st round</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cottbus.de/opt/wahl/ob22sw/">2nd round</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The city council governs the city alongside the mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 9 June 2024, and the results were as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>+/- </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>+/- </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00A2DE"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany" title="Alternative for Germany">Alternative for Germany</a> (AfD) </td> <td>41,731 </td> <td>29.2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6.9 </td> <td>14 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#E3000F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a> (SPD) </td> <td>27,991 </td> <td>19.6 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.0 </td> <td>9 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#151518"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a> (CDU) </td> <td>22,894 </td> <td>16.0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.2 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="left">Our Cottbus! (UC!) </td> <td>12,938 </td> <td>9.0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.4 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#BE3075"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Left_(Germany)" title="The Left (Germany)">The Left</a> (Die Linke) </td> <td>10,173 </td> <td>7.1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6.6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#409A3C"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_90/The_Greens" title="Alliance 90/The Greens">Alliance 90/The Greens</a> (Grüne) </td> <td>7,066 </td> <td>4.9 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F28900"> </td> <td align="left">Active Citizens–<a href="/wiki/Brandenburg_United_Civic_Movements/Free_Voters" title="Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters">Free Voters</a> (AUB–FW) </td> <td>6,195 </td> <td>4.3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.6 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="left">Mittle Class Initiative Brandenburg (MIBrb) </td> <td>5,881 </td> <td>4.1 </td> <td>New </td> <td>1 </td> <td>New </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFED00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Free_Democratic_Party_(Germany)" title="Free Democratic Party (Germany)">Free Democratic Party</a> (FDP) </td> <td>2,926 </td> <td>2.0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="left">Social Upheavel (SUB) </td> <td>2,704 </td> <td>1.9 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="left">Secure Future Cottbus (ZSC) </td> <td>2,456 </td> <td>1.7 </td> <td>New </td> <td>1 </td> <td>New </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Valid votes </th> <th>142,965 </th> <th>100.0 </th> <th> </th> <th>56 </th> <th>±0 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Invalid ballots </th> <th>769 </th> <th>1.6 </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total ballots </th> <th>48,820 </th> <th>98.4 </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Electorate/voter turnout </th> <th>78,002 </th> <th>62.6 </th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6.3 </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/12/200/20240609/kreistagswahl_land/ergebnisse_kreis_52.html">City of Cottbus</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Germany" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany">List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany</a></div> <p>Cottbus is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Montreuil,_Seine-Saint-Denis" title="Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis">Montreuil</a>, France (1959)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Grosseto" title="Grosseto">Grosseto</a>, Italy (1967)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lipetsk" title="Lipetsk">Lipetsk</a>, Russia (1974)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Zielona_G%C3%B3ra" title="Zielona Góra">Zielona Góra</a>, Poland (1975)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Targovishte" title="Targovishte">Targovishte</a>, Bulgaria (1975)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia"><img alt="Slovakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ko%C5%A1ice" title="Košice">Košice</a>, Slovakia (1978)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Saarbr%C3%BCcken" title="Saarbrücken">Saarbrücken</a>, Germany (1987)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gelsenkirchen" title="Gelsenkirchen">Gelsenkirchen</a>, Germany (1995)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nuneaton_and_Bedworth" title="Nuneaton and Bedworth">Nuneaton and Bedworth</a>, England, United Kingdom (1999)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carl_Blechen_-_Self-Portrait_-_WGA02239.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Carl_Blechen_-_Self-Portrait_-_WGA02239.jpg/170px-Carl_Blechen_-_Self-Portrait_-_WGA02239.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Carl_Blechen_-_Self-Portrait_-_WGA02239.jpg/255px-Carl_Blechen_-_Self-Portrait_-_WGA02239.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Carl_Blechen_-_Self-Portrait_-_WGA02239.jpg/340px-Carl_Blechen_-_Self-Portrait_-_WGA02239.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1636" data-file-height="2059" /></a><figcaption>Carl Blechen - Self-Portrait</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Janice_Behrendt" class="mw-redirect" title="Janice Behrendt">Janice Behrendt</a> (born 1983), beauty queen and model</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Blechen" title="Carl Blechen">Carl Blechen</a> (1798–1840), landscape painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Demmler" title="Kurt Demmler">Kurt Demmler</a> (1943–2009), songwriter; accused of sexual abuse, he hanged himself in his jail cell.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudi_Fink" title="Rudi Fink">Rudi Fink</a> (born 1958), amateur boxer and boxing coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Theodor_Fritsch" class="mw-redirect" title="Gustav Theodor Fritsch">Gustav Theodor Fritsch</a> (1838–1927), anatomist, anthropologist and physiologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Geisler" title="Marco Geisler">Marco Geisler</a> (born 1974), rower</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Grottkau" title="Paul Grottkau">Otto Hugo Paul Grottkau</a> (1846–1898), socialist and trade unionist and American journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Harting" title="Robert Harting">Robert Harting</a> (born 1984), discus thrower</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Israel" title="Martha Israel">Martha Israel</a> (1905–<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1967</span>), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Martin_(cyclist)" title="Tony Martin (cyclist)">Tony Martin</a> (born 1985), cyclist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jens_Melzig" title="Jens Melzig">Jens Melzig</a> (born 1965), footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Musiol" title="Daniel Musiol">Daniel Musiol</a> (born 1983), cyclist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reinhold_Platz" title="Reinhold Platz">Reinhold Platz</a> (1886–1966), aircraft designer and manufacturer at <a href="/wiki/Fokker" title="Fokker">Fokker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Raak" title="Colin Raak">Colin Raak</a> (born 2000), footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriele_Reinsch" title="Gabriele Reinsch">Gabriele Reinsch</a> (born 1963), world record holder discus throwing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktoria_Schmidt-Linsenhoff" title="Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff">Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff</a> (1944–2013), art historian and professor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heiko_Schwarz" title="Heiko Schwarz">Heiko Schwarz</a> (born 1989), footballer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cottbus_Air_Base" title="Cottbus Air Base">Cottbus Air Base</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 October</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Bundesarchiv.de&rft.atitle=Frauenzuchthaus+Cottbus&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bundesarchiv.de%2Fzwangsarbeit%2Fhaftstaetten%2Findex.php%3Faction%3D2.2%26tab%3D7%26id%3D985&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACottbus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dziennikteatralny.pl/artykuly/wladyslaw-hancza-1905-1977.html">"Władysław Hańcza (1905 – 1977)"</a>. <i>Dziennik Teatralny</i> (in Polish)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Dziennik+Teatralny&rft.atitle=W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw+Ha%C5%84cza+%281905+%E2%80%93+1977%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dziennikteatralny.pl%2Fartykuly%2Fwladyslaw-hancza-1905-1977.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACottbus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.<a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg">Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NOAA-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NOAA_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NOAA_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230916125428/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Cottbus_10496.csv">"Cottbus Climate Normals 1991–2020"</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Cottbus_10496.csv">the original</a> on 16 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Infoclimat<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 October</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Normales+et+records+climatologiques+1991-2020+%C3%A0+Cottbus&rft.pub=Infoclimat&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infoclimat.fr%2Fclimatologie%2Fnormales-records%2F1991-2020%2Fcottbus%2Fvaleurs%2F10496.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACottbus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Udo Lauer, Fürst Pücklers Traumpark, Ullstein Verlag, 1996, Berlin</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cottbus.de/international/staedtepartnerschaften.html">"Städtepartnerschaften"</a>. <i>cottbus.de</i> (in German). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 February</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=cottbus.de&rft.atitle=St%C3%A4dtepartnerschaften&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cottbus.de%2Finternational%2Fstaedtepartnerschaften.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACottbus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cottbus&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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