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Cottbus is a city in the eastern part of Germany, located on the river Spree and three railway lines and 100 km from Berlin. The population for 2010 is more than 110 thousand people. It is considered the cultural and political center of the Sorbian population in Lower Puddle.

Sports are developed in the city - there is a football club "Energy Cottbus", which once played in the Bundesliga. Today he plays in the II Bundesliga. In terms of education, in 1991 the youngest technical university in Germany, the Brandenburg University of Technology, was founded in Cottbus.

Of the attractions for tourists, the Branitz Castle with its adjacent park, which is located in the south of the city, will be of interest. This residence was built on the special order of Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau, who was one of the few key figures in the country in the 19th century. He was a writer, traveler and landowner, as well as a landscape designer at the Prussian court. The building was built in the Baroque style, and the project was prepared by the architect from Dresden, Gottfried Semper, who designed the Dresden Opera. Today the castle is a museum in which the exhibits are dedicated to the life of the prince. Copyright www.site

The beautiful palace park was created by Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau personally. He worked on its design for 40 years, and in addition to vegetation, you can see a variety of buildings here, such as a gazebo, stables, a series of pyramids similar to Egyptian ones. One of the pyramids is located on an island in the center of the lake, and it was made in the form of a mausoleum - it contains the relics of the prince and his wife Louise.

A curious object is the Enke-Fabrik factory, which was built at the end of the 19th century and occupies a huge area of ​​about 8,000 square meters. meters. Once upon a time, books and other printed products were produced at this plant, but by the middle of the 20th century, the huge plant fell into disrepair. Now the main visitors to the plant are those who like to walk around abandoned places. Here you can see huge dilapidated buildings, the walls of which are decorated with graffiti drawings.

Walking through the streets of the city, you can see a beautiful historical building called Casper Gewerbehof. This house was built more than a hundred years ago. Initially, one of the large industrial companies was located in it. The historical building is notable for the fact that it has not changed at all over the years of its existence. Its facade is decorated with luxurious balconies, and large iron gates serve as the entrance to the house. Now the building houses offices of various organizations, so tourists can only admire its appearance.

Movie lovers in Cottbus are also in for a pleasant surprise, they will be able to visit the cinema with the intriguing name "Mirror World". This is the first permanent cinema in the city, which opened in 1907 and was originally located in an old apartment building. In 1911, the government of Cottbus decided to build a separate building for the cinema, which is still located in this chic baroque building. Recently, the cinema hall was supplemented with new modern equipment, it is designed for 500 people.

Fans of contemporary art should definitely visit the Art Museum located in the building of an old diesel power plant. Now several spacious rooms have been allocated for the storage of exhibits and holding exhibitions, the total area of ​​​​which is 1,250 square meters. meters. Museum visitors can get acquainted with an interesting collection of paintings, sculptures and photographs, as well as participate in various cultural events.

Name

Forms of n.-lugs. Chosebuz and v.-puds. Chocebuz go back to the Proto-Slavic form *Xotebudъ "Khotebudov", which is a possessive adjective from the personal name *Xotebudъ.

Education and science

Brandenburg University of Technology ( English) was founded in 1991. It is the youngest technical university in Germany. At the moment, 6722 students study in it, among them 896 foreign students.

Sport

The city is represented by the Energie Cottbus football club, which once played in the Bundesliga. Currently playing in the 2nd Bundesliga.

The 1976 Olympic winner and multiple world record holder in high jump Rosemary Ackerman played for the Cottbus Sports Club.

In 2011, the VII World Championship in fire and rescue sports was held in Cottbus.

Attractions

• Landscape Park Branitz

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Notes

1. ^ Sorben(Wenden)-Gesetz
2. ^ BTU in Numbers (English) (PDF). Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
3. ^ VII World Championship in fire and rescue sports "KOTBUS-2011"

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Cottbus- a green and pretty town on the river Spree. Remember the movie "Goodbye, Lenin!", where the main character was constantly looking for Spreewald cucumbers for his mother? So Cottbus is located just on the banks of this very river Spree.

Cottbus - officially bilingual city. All tablets and names are written in two languages: German and Lusatian (Sorbian). The city has a very rich history and the townspeople treat it with care.

1.2. The decline and prosperity of Cottbus

Unfortunately, the prosperity of the city is over due to plague epidemics, terrible fires and a ten-year occupation during the Thirty Years' War that swept across Europe (from 1618 to 1648). The city was almost completely destroyed. Need and poverty prevailed everywhere.

Cottbus "recovered" only by the beginning of the 18th century, when the French Huguenots came and created their colony on these lands. They began to create hitherto unknown productions: sericulture and tobacco growing, as well as the textile industry. Cottbus shawls were known in Denmark, Sweden, Alsace and in America. (I wonder if the townspeople themselves know about the role played by their city in the fashion world of the 18th century?)

In 1815, after the Congress of Vienna, Cottbus moved into the possession of Prussia. Then a new stage of city prosperity began: rapid industrialization (textile industry and lignite mining), as well as the creation of local governments.

Economic growth continued until before World War I. Then there was terrible inflation and famine.

1.3. The Second World War

With the advent of the National Socialists and start of World War II, Cottbus has regained its former grandeur, on a national scale. It produced heavy weapons for the Wehrmacht until 1945.

Autumn 1940 residents of Cottbus survived the first airstrikes. The city was strong destroyed during the war. In February 1945, about 4,000 high-explosive bombs were dropped on the city by American troops. April 22, 1945 after fierce fighting Soviet troops occupied the city (for those who are interested, read about the Cottbus-Potsdam operation).

1.4. East Germany. GDR and FRG

In 1949 begins GDR era.

During the GDR, Cottbus was of key importance: city ​​since 1957 becomes an important supplier of coal and energy. Construction, textile, furniture industry, as well as the agricultural industry are the main economic component of the city.

After reunification with the FRG, Cottbus, unfortunately, lost ground. Privatization also did not pass him by. And only after the city created major technical university in 1991 the situation has improved slightly. Although most of the city is still abandoned and the old Soviet buildings rise sadly against the backdrop of the urban landscape. But I didn't really want to show them to you, so I took pictures only the historic city center.

[By the way, the Brandenburg University of Technology is the youngest university in Germany. ]

2. Useful information about Cottbus

2.1. Rhythm of life

People are friendly as well as in Germany as a whole. There are some peculiarities in terms of the German language: a pronounced dialect, but the townspeople try to speak literary German 🙂 Especially when they understand that you are a foreigner.

City not very big, so on Thursday, on the central square, the cafe where I sat closed at 18:00. My surprise knew no bounds. Still, I'm already used to the big and dynamic Hamburg with a population of more than 2 million people.