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Cottbus is the cultural centre of the Lower Sorbian minority. Many signs in the town are bilingual, and there is a Lower Sorbian-medium Gymnasium and a Sorbian Quarter, but Sorbian is rarely spoken on the streets. Next to Cottbus is the famous Branitz Park, created by Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau after 1845.
Cottbus gilt als politisch-kulturelles Zentrum der Sorben in der Niederlausitz, obwohl in der Stadt nur eine kleine Minderheit wohnt. Die Großstadt ist ein Dienstleistungs-, Sport-, Wissenschafts- und Verwaltungszentrum.
Cottbus, city, Brandenburg Land (state), eastern Germany. It lies on the Spree River, at the southeastern edge of the Spree Forest, near the German border with Poland. First mentioned in 1156 and chartered in the early 13th century, Cottbus became an exclave of Brandenburg in 1445–55 in.
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Cottbus (Low Sorbian: Chóśebuz, Upper Sorbian: Choćebuz) is a city in the east of Germany, in the state of Brandenburg. Cottbus has about 105,000 inhabitants and is the second largest city after Potsdam in Brandenburg. It lies southeast of Berlin on the River Spree.
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The name of the city comes from "Chotibuz" from the Sorbian (Wendish) language, which is itself a derivation of Choitische Budky, meaning approximately "pretty little houses". Modern Cottbus is a small city, in what used to be East Germany (GDR), and due to high unemployment the city has suffered from the "brain drain" to more prosperous German cit...
By plane
1. 52.36666713.5033331 Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BERIATA) (South of Berlin just off the highway.). It's around 1.5 hours by train including a rain change in Königs Wusterhausen. The trip by car takes about one hour. 2. 51.1344413.768062 Dresden Airport (DRSIATA) (North of Berlin, 20 minutes by commuter train.). Another airport with a few international routes is Dresden, 100 km south. The airport has an own train station. The train ride from Cottbus takes around 2.5 hours, by c...
By train
51.750814.32643 Cottbus Station. Near Cottbus there is a railway station connected to the Intercity network (IC), with morning arrivals from Hamburg and Berlin, and evening arrivals from Norddeich via Berlin. Direct daily regional connections to Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, and Frankfurt (Oder)are also available. The train station is near a connection to the municipal streetcar network, and several bus lines stop at the station proper.
By bus
Cottbus can be reached on the regional bus network that serves Brandenburg and the surrounding areas, the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. The regional bus terminal is now part of the train station.
The Cottbusverkehr GmbH(Cottbus Transit Authority) operates a network of four streetcar lines and eight primary bus routes in the city, in addition to three nighttime bus lines. Late night service runs from 21:00 to 04:30 daily. It's operated by three bus lines (2N, 3N, 4N). They busses always meet at the train station. Due to the compact size of t...
51.76162214.3300771 Cottbuser Postkutscher Tour (Cottbus Coachman), Berliner Platz (in front of City Hall). Tu Sa 10:00. Guided tours of the city by the Cottbus Coachman are available. Tours run ab...51.75041114.3258292 Triebwagen 24 (Streetcar 24), Vetschauer Straße 70, ☏ +49 355 8662-230. During daylight hours, reservation required. A traditional streetcar that began operation over 100 years...51.75756414.3254963 Theater, Theater. A special travel offer for the culturally inclined couple, with the following services: overnight stay in the Hotel am Theater with a romantic dinner and champ...51.74302814.3497754 Cottbuser Tierpark (Cottbus Zoo), Kiekebuscher Straße 5 (Adjacent to Branitzer Park), ☏ +49 355-3555360. 09:00 to 18:00. The largest zoo in the state of Brandenburg featuring a...51.75244714.3451191 FC Energie Cottbus, Ludwig Leichhardt Allee 1. Despite the city's moderate size, Cottbus' football (soccer) club has enjoyed some success in both the 1st and 2nd divisions of th...51.76999114.3305392 Lagune, Sielower Straße 19, ☏ +49 355 49498410. This sports and recreation complex features a 50-m indoor pool, spa, sauna, and outdoor pool. €5.Sauna village of Almsick, Weinbergstraße 1, 03116 Drebkau, OT Leuthen, ☏ +49 35602-22422. M-F 14:00-23:00, Sa Su 11:00-23:00. In Leuthen, south of the city, there is the sauna village. In a beautif...There is a Saturday market in Oberkirchplatz from 07:00 until about midday. You can buy delicacies from the nearby Spreewald, sold in person by the producer. A slimmed-down version of the market takes place on Wednesdays in front of the city hall and on Thursdays in the Sprem (shopping area near the Old Market).Elsewhere, the Blechen-Carreis a larg...
Budget
1. Brau und Bistro, Altmarkt 18, ☏ +49 355 4946023. 2. [dead link] Die Suppenbar, Sandower Str. 3 (Altmarkt), ☏ +49 355-4947804, fax: +49 355-4947805. M-F 11:00-17:00.
Mid-range
1. 51.76104814.3343521 Coffeelatte, Altmarkt 13, contact@coffeelatte.de. 2. 51.76052814.3333362 Da Capo, Marktstraße 14, info@eiscafe-dacapo.de. Eiscafé. 3. Deniro, Schillerstraße 65, ☏ +49 355 797688. Italian 4. 51.76057914.3313253 Stadtwächter, Mauerstr. 1, ☏ +49 355 2 36 18, info@stadtwaechter.de. 5. 51.76638914.33254 Da Nando, Deffkestraße. 6. 51.76032714.3321135 Roma, Marktstraße 7, info@roma-cottbus.de. 7. 51.76083814.3367396 Mythos, Sandower Str. 54, ☏ +49 355-4949877, info@mythos-cott...
Splurge
1. Primo (Lindner Congress Hotel).
Budget
1. 51.76207814.3331361 Jugenherberge Cottbus (Cottbus youth hostel), Klosterpl. 2-3, 03046 Cottbus, ☏ +49 355-22558, fax: +49 355-23798, jugendherberge@cmt-cottbus.de. Very nicely located on the monastery square by the medieval city wall in a historic half-timbered house. Opening hours 07:00-12:00 and 17:00-20:00. Arriving outside of these time slots can be arranged by phone call or email. overnight from €20 with youth hostel card. 2. Hotel Zur Sonne, Taubenstraße 7, ☏ +49 355 3818801. Region...
Mid-range
1. AHORN - Hotel & Restaurant, Bautzener Straße 134/ 135}. 2. SORAT Hotel Cottbus, Schlosskirchplatz 2, ☏ +49 355-78440. The hotel for business and leisure guests is on the Schlosskirchplatz in the old town. 3. Hotel Willmersdorfer Hof (http://www.willmersdorferhof.de/), Mauster Straße 11. Accommodation in the northeastern part of Willmersdorf. 4. Hotel & Restaurant Jahrmarkthof, Friedensplatz 8 (South edge of Cottbus in the quarter of Gallinchen.), ☏ +49 355 539412. Home-style, regional cuis...
Splurge
1. 51.76237814.3291993 Lindner Congress Hotel Cottbus, Karl-Marx-Str. 68a (next to the town hall), ☏ +49 355 366 0, empfang.cottbus@lindner.de. Check-in: 15:00, check-out: 12:00. Berliner Platz is very easy to reach by several tram lines. The hotel is one of the best in town.(updated Nov 2019) 2. 51.74918214.3257454 Radisson Blu Hotel, Vetschauer Str. 12 (directly opposite the main train station), ☏ +49-355-47610, reception.cottbus@radissonblu.com.
The city of Cottbus is surrounded by a dense network of cycle paths that can quickly take you deep into attractive countryside. For the adventurous, a selection of bicycle tour routes of varying distances can be found in a dedicated German Wikivoyage article. Only a few kilometres north of the city is the Spreeaue, a 160-ha (400-acre) area along th...
Some Cottbus City History. Cottbus emerged at the intersection of two important trade routes: the "Salzweg - Niederstrecke" (Lower Salt Road), which connected Central Germany with Silesia (Magdeburg with Wrocław), and another route leading from Frankfurt/Oder to Dresden.
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Cottbus, the green city on the Spree River, has long been well-known for its parks and has more recently established itself as a University City. Cottbus is also a centre for trade fairs and congresses in Lower Lusatia. This bilingual town's history has been shaped by both Germans and Sorbs.
