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37-526: It is situated 13 km northeast of Cottbus . Surrounded by freshwater lakes, it is well known for its fishing industry. The town was at one time on the border between the states of Brandenburg and Saxony , and was formerly protected by strong artillery fortifications built in brick, dating from the 16th century. Only small parts of these remain. From 1815 to 1947, Peitz was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg . After World War II , Peitz

74-510: 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. Schloss Branitz ( Branitz Castle ) 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 mausoleum . Cottbus

111-476: A gord , on a Spree island. This former gord is considered the nucleus of the city. On it rises the massive 13th century Castle Tower ( grodojski torm ) with its blue clock. Cottbus is the seat of the Brandenburg University of Technology ( German : Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus–Senftenberg , Lower Sorbian : Bramborska techniska uniwersita Chóśebuz–Zły Komorow ). Due to this,

148-538: A forge, the building was also the gatehouse for Branitz inner park. Today, the building is used for the collections, photo library, archive and library of the Fürst Pückler Museum. There were and are numerous other outbuildings around the palace, such as the park inspector's house (privately owned), the Branitz gatehouse, the former hunter's house and the park economy building. In total, there are 30 park buildings in

185-533: 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 Atlantic Ocean 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

222-400: A restaurant since 1988. The estate farm is located slightly to the north of the castle. The complex was built between 1852 and 1858 during the castle renovation under Hermann von Pückler-Muskau and consists of the estate inspector's house, the stable and residential buildings and a barn. The stables were historically used as sheep pens. Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau managed his estates from

259-432: A stable, with a wooden, finely designed ceiling construction and blue and gold paintwork. Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau kept his favorite noble horses in the stables. His relationship to these animals is also evident in the design of the building. Further building work was carried out in 1877 and the stables were renovated between 1991 and 1993. Today the stables are used for various special exhibitions. The Kavaliershaus

296-487: Is Tobias Schick of the Social Democratic Party (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: 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: Cottbus is twinned with: Branitz Palace Branitz Palace

333-585: Is a baroque palace with interiors designed by Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau in Cottbus , Brandenburg , Germany. It was built in the 1770s and most of the furnishings date from around 1860. The palace is located in Branitz Park, near the center of Cottbus. It is located in the district of Sandow in Cottbus and borders on the district of Branitz. Branitz Palace is surrounded by a representative pleasure ground , which

370-538: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cottbus Cottbus ( German pronunciation: [ˈkɔtbʊs] ) or Chóśebuz ( Lower Sorbian pronunciation: [ˈxɨɕɛbus] ) is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital of Potsdam . With around 100,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous city in Lusatia . Cottbus lies in

407-583: Is also home to the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) and the maths/science-oriented Max-Steenbeck-Gymnasium, named after the physicist Max Steenbeck . Every year Cottbus hosts the East Europe International Film Festival . Cottbus has a football team, Energie Cottbus , that plays in the Regionalliga Nordost as of the 2021–2022 season. Their home matches are played at the city's Stadion der Freundschaft . Cottbus

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444-507: Is divided into several differently themed gardens. The castle is classified as an architectural monument and is included in the list of architectural monuments in Cottbus. Branitz Castle was built in 1770 and 1771 for August Heinrich Count von Pückler (1720–1810). The Pückler family had already come into possession of the village of Branitz in 1696. In 1785, the family moved their ancestral seat to Muskau Castle in Bad Muskau and Branitz

481-468: Is frequent, although usually light in accumulation. Snowfall is a regular occurrence with 36 days of snow cover annually, but Cottbus remains mild enough that it usually thaws quickly. Most of the year is gloomy, with a notable exception in late spring. 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

518-554: Is served by Cottbus Hauptbahnhof main railway station. Two airports serve the city: Cottbus-Drewitz Airport (approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of Cottbus), and Cottbus-Neuhausen Airport (approximately 10 km (6.2 miles) south-east of Cottbus). Berlin Brandenburg Airport can be reached in one hour from Cottbus. Local public transport is served by trams and buses operated by Cottbusverkehr GmbH and DB Regio Bus Ost GmbH, both of which are members of

555-510: Is the only state theater in Brandenburg . The Wendish Quarter is a part of the city supposed to resemble the traditional Sorbian architectural style, constructed of prefabricated concrete slabs in East Germany between 1984 and 1989. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the spelling of the city's name was disputed. In Berlin , the spelling "Kottbus" was preferred, and it is still used for

592-833: The Kingdom of Prussia . In 1807, following the War of the Fourth Coalition , Cottbus was ceded by Prussia to the Kingdom of Saxony by the Treaty of Tilsit , reuniting it with Lower Lusatia. Cottbus was returned to Prussia by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 after the Napoleonic wars. Lower Lusatia was also ceded to Prussia and both became part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg (and Regierungsbezirk Frankfurt ), where they remained until 1947. In

629-627: The Lower Sorbian Gymnasium , and the Wendish Museum ( Serbski muzej ). The use of the Lower Sorbian language, however, is more widespread in the surrounding villages than in the city itself. Cottbus Hauptbahnhof ( Chóśebuz głowne dwórnišćo ) is a major railway junction with extensive sidings /depots. In the 10th century, the Wends constructed the largest Slavic castle of Lower Lusatia,

666-562: The Sorbian settlement area ( Serbski sedleński rum ) of Lower Lusatia , and is the second-largest city on the River Spree after Berlin , which is situated around 125 km (78 mi) upstream. The city is located on the shores of Germany's largest artificial lake, the Cottbuser Ostsee ( Chóśebuski pódzajtšny jazor ). Cottbus is considered the political and cultural center of

703-641: The Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB). There are several lignite-fired power stations in the area around Cottbus (Lausitz) fed through local open pit mining . The biggest stations are " Schwarze Pumpe " (1600 MW), " Boxberg " (1900 MW) and " Jänschwalde " (3000 MW). Some of the open-pit mines have already been shut down with the former Cottbus-Nord opencast mine  [ de ] being converted into an artificial lake with 19 km (7.3 sq mi) surface area called Cottbuser Ostsee (Cottbus eastern lake). The current mayor

740-699: The 19th century, the Bramborski Serbski Casnik Sorbian newspaper was published in the city, and in 1880, the first Lower Lusatian department of the Maćica Serbska organization was established there. In 1871 Prussia, and therefore Cottbus, became part of the German Empire . According to the Prussian census of 1905, the city of Cottbus had a population of 46,270, of which 97% were Germans , 2% were Sorbs and 1% were Poles . In interwar Germany,

777-671: The Lower Sorbian-speaking Sorbs (in Lower Lusatia also called the Wends ), while the overall center of all Sorbs (Lower and Upper) is Bautzen ( Budyšin ). 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 Sorbischer Rundfunk ( Serbski rozgłos / Bramborske Serbske Radijo ),

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814-566: The March of Lusatia in 1032. The first recorded mention of the town's name was in 1156. In the 13th century German settlers came to the town and thereafter lived side by side with the Sorbs. In the Middle Ages Cottbus was known for wool , and the town's drapery was exported throughout Brandenburg, Bohemia and Saxony . It was also located on an important trade route, called the "Salt Road", which

851-613: The capital's Kottbusser Tor ("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 spelling reforms of 1996 had contravened even the standardized spelling rules already in place, the Standing Committee for Geographical Names  [ de ] ( German : Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen ) stress their urgent recommendation that geographical names should respect

888-613: The castle has been used as a museum . From 1946 to 1961, the building housed the Cottbus City Museum and then the Cottbus District Museum until 1990. Today, the museum exhibits the Pückler family home and a collection of paintings by Cottbus landscape painter Carl Blechen . The salons have been restored since 2013, and Prince Pückler's oriental dreams with their colorful paper wallpapers and oriental collection have been open to

925-528: The castle on February 4, 1871, and was buried in the lake pyramid in Branitz Park. Heinrich, Count von Pückler, a step-cousin of Hermann, subsequently lived in the castle. In 1934, Branitz Park and the castle were transferred from the then still independent municipality of Branitz to Cottbus. After the Second World War , the Princes of Pückler were expropriated and Branitz Castle became public property. Since then,

962-528: The city has the official names Universitätsstadt Cottbus / Uniwersitne město Chóśebuz ('University City Cottbus'). Branitz Castle , built in 1770–71, in the southeast of the city, was a residence of the Prince of Pückler-Muskau . The prince, who also created Muskau Park , designed the extensive Branitz Park on the shores of the Spree, with its two grass pyramids. Cottbus State Theater ( Statne źiwadło Chóśebuz )

999-545: The estate inspector's house. Farm animals were also kept in the stables belonging to the estate farm, while Pückler's favorite horses were housed in the luxuriously furnished stables. All buildings were renovated between 2000 and 2003. The Parkschmiede (Park forge ) was built between 1849 and 1851, modeled on the Little Palace in Babelsberg Park . It marks the historical main entrance to the park. In addition to its use as

1036-549: The national spelling standards. A citizen of the city may be identified as either a "Cottbuser" or a "Cottbusser". Names in different languages: The settlement was established in the tenth century, when Sorbs erected a castle on a sandy island in the River Spree . It was captured by the March of Lusatia in 965, then it passed to Poland under Bolesław I the Brave in 1002, and back to

1073-595: The palace in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Branitz Park and Branitz Castle have been part of the European Garden Heritage Network since May 2019. The mews are located in the castle courtyard to the north of the castle. The building was constructed in the second half of the 18th century during the construction of the palace and was also included in the renovations in the mid-19th century. The stables are relatively lavishly furnished for

1110-503: The public again since 2022. Like the park, the palace has been part of the Prince Pückler Museum Park and Palace Branitz Foundation established by the city of Cottbus since 1995, which has been a foundation under public law of the state of Brandenburg since 2018. It is an architectural monument of the city of Cottbus in the list of monuments of the state of Brandenburg. Efforts are currently underway to include Branitz Park and

1147-410: The town was the site of a concentration camp for unwanted Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe . During World War II , a Nazi prison for women was operated in the city with multiple forced labour subcamps located both in the city and other places in the region. Polish actor Władysław Hańcza was imprisoned in a forced labour camp in the city in 1944–1945. In the final weeks of the war, Cottbus

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1184-602: Was acquired by the Margraviate of Brandenburg from Bohemia. It was an exclave almost completely surrounded by Bohemian Lower Lusatia (with a short border with the Electorate of Saxony to the south-west). In 1514 Jan Rak founded the Universitas Serborum , a Sorbian gymnasium, in the city. In 1635 Lower Lusatia was ceded by Bohemia to Saxony, thereby making Cottbus an enclave of Saxony. In 1701 Brandenburg-Prussia became

1221-514: Was built some time before the palace was built, probably in the first quarter of the 18th century, and housed the court household. In 1857 and 1858, it was included in the palace renovation. The coat of arms of Pückler can be found on the north gable of the Kavaliershaus.The western gable features a zinc cast replica of the Madonna statue created by Friedrich Drake in 1829. The Kavaliershaus has housed

1258-608: Was incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Peitz has been part of Brandenburg. Lilly Kann (British film character actress) - (Born Peitz, 1893). Though the BFI website claims she was born in Berlin. [REDACTED] Media related to Peitz at Wikimedia Commons This Brandenburg location article

1295-638: Was leased out. Hermann von Pückler-Muskau eventually had to sell Muskau Castle and its park for financial reasons and moved to Branitz in 1845. There he began to create a landscape park based on the English model. From the following year, Branitz Palace underwent extensive renovations by architects from the Berlin Bauakademie . The plans were drawn up by the architects Rudolf Wilhelm Gottgetreu , Eduard Titz and Ferdinand von Arnim . Hermann von Pückler-Muskau used Branitz Castle as his retirement home. He died in

1332-539: Was taken by the Red Army on 22 April 1945. In January 1946, Cottbus issued 34 semi-postal postage stamps to help finance rebuilding the city. From 1949 until German reunification in 1990, Cottbus was part of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). From 1952 to 1990, Cottbus was the administrative seat of Bezirk Cottbus . Cottbus has an oceanic climate ( Köppen Cfb ) in spite of being far inland on

1369-1099: Was used to transport salt from Halle to Lusatia and further east to Poland. It was part of the Margraviate of Lusatia and later Lower Lusatia , which was held by the House of Wettin until it became a Bohemian Crown Land in 1367. March of Lusatia 965–1002 Duchy of Poland 1002–1025 Kingdom of Poland 1025–1031 Duchy of Poland 1032 [REDACTED] March of Lusatia 1032–1367 [REDACTED] Bohemian Crown 1367–1445 [REDACTED] Margraviate of Brandenburg 1445–1618 [REDACTED] Brandenburg-Prussia 1618–1701 [REDACTED]   Kingdom of Prussia 1701–1807 [REDACTED] Kingdom of Saxony 1807–1815 [REDACTED]   Kingdom of Prussia 1815–1871 [REDACTED]   German Empire 1871–1918 [REDACTED]   Weimar Republic 1918–1933 [REDACTED]   Nazi Germany 1933–1945 [REDACTED]   Allied-occupied Germany 1945–1949 [REDACTED]   GDR 1949–1990 [REDACTED]   Federal Republic Germany 1990–date In 1445 Cottbus

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