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Cottbus

Country:
Germany
State:
Brandenburg
City:
Cottbus
Type of Location:
Multiple
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How to Reach

By Air

Cottbus has two regional airports.The airfield is located about 15 km Neuhausen and Europe offers charter and taxi flights, training, round and economy flights with planes and helicopters and air sports.The approximately 30 km away Cottbus-Drewitz airport offers charter and taxi flights across Europe.The former airfield Cottbus-Nord was used by the army and is now closed.There is now an industrial park planned in a distance of Cottbus, the three international airports are Berlin-Schonefeld (travel time 1 hour) is future airport Berlin Brandenburg).Berlin-Tegel (1.5 hrs) and Dresden (1.5 hrs).

By Train

Cottbus from railway lines leading in all directions: regional routes to Berlin and Gorlitz (railway route Berlin-Gorlitz), Dresden (railway Priestewitz-Cottbus), about Finsterwalde and Falkenberg (Elster) to Leipzig (railway hall-Cottbus), according to Forst (Lausitz) (railway Cottbus Zary), Frankfurt (Oder) (railroad Cottbus Guben); German domestic long distance services to Emden and Norddeich Mole and international rail connections in the Polish cities of Wroclaw (Breslau), Krakow (Cracow) and Zagan (Sagan).

By Road

Through the southern city of Cottbus, the Federal Highway 15, from the delta Spreewald (A 13 Dresden - Berlin) leads coming to Poland / Ukraine.The highway is four lanes with two runs in Cottbus Cottbus Cottbus-Sud.Cottbus-West and is crossed by the highways 97, 115 and 169.

By Bus

Public transport (LPT) operate trams and buses from the traffic and Neisse Cottbus Verkehr GmbH. In total there are 46 lines, five streetcar lines and 41 bus.The route network offers 569 stations and is about 934 km long.A total of 26 trams and 55 buses in operation.Also connects a parking orbit (600 mm gauge) railway station Cottbus Sandow with the football stadium stadium of friendship, fair grounds the zoo and the Cottbus Branitz Park.The traffic is limited to the summer months.

By Bicycle

The city is traversed by several major long-distance routes and is the starting point for several bike rides in the Spree Forest and the open pit area.The following bicycle routes through Cottbus are Spree Cycle Route,Tour Brandenburg, Lower Lusatian Mining Tour, Prince Puckler way and cucumbers Cycle.

Key places to visit
State Theatre Cottbus, Brandenburg pharmacy museum, Art Museum diesel Cottbus, Cottbus Film Festival, Branitz Park

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Places to Visit

State Theatre Cottbus

is the only state theater in Brandenburg.The theater offers four division in Cottbus ideas of his own ensembles for acting, musical theater (opera, operetta, musical), orchestra and ballet.The theater owes its construction to the wishes of its citizens Cottbus.A thriving textile industry had strengthened the economic and political position of the Cottbus middle of the century and now aroused stronger cultural needs.Won the position should be represented by a self-conscious theater building.The city council decided on 1 November 1905 to build a new city theater with an estimate of 800,000 and Mark wrote this from an architectural competition.Was awarded the Bernhard Sehring, the theater in 1896 with his " Theater of the West attracted "a great sensation in Berlin and had triggered lively discussions.Since 1992, the Cottbus Staatstheater the only theater in the state of Brandenburg. 1993 came Christoph Schroth to the directorship, which he held until 2003.Currently Martin is a student director.Multiple venues in a versatile theater and concert program is offered.With the productions of musical theater and drama the Staatstheater Cottbus also has made a name nationally.

Brandenburg pharmacy museum

contains a collection of pharmacy History.It shows among other things a pharmacy facility from the 1930s, a pharmacy facility from the GDR era, a poisonous herb chamber and a galenic laboratory and yearly changing exhibitions.The current (2010) temporary exhibition titled "Mystery" deals with remedies and methods of the Middle Ages.The roadside residential and commercial building, an old lion's Pharmacy located on the farm, form the landmark museum complex.

Art Museum diesel Cottbus

is an art museum in the Brandenburg town of Cottbus in a former power station.The conceptual focus of the collected work focused initially on the superficial areas of painting, sculpture and graphics.Later came the topics photography and poster art and artists' books and book objects.Meanwhile, this complexity is part of the name of the house, museum of contemporary art, photography and poster.The conditions of a non-growing but established art museum were stored in all parts of the collections of the same or similar.There were no noteworthy art substance to build on is really worth.Not large assignments or spectacular acquisitions marked the early years, but a regional exhibition and acquisition policy with contemporary art.It was only later extended to those responsible for this traditional art of the 20th century lines.The museum's collection represents works from Dresden's expressionism to the recent past and to date includes more than 23,000 works.The first two named collections referred to in the nineties art exclusively on the former GDR or from after the fall of 1990 in East Germany-based artists. They are distinguished by a large and conspicuous, however, independence from the official view of art in the GDR.

Cottbus Film Festival

is an annual in Cottbus, which takes place film festival.The festival takes place every November since 1991, one year and provides a comprehensive overview of the current feature film productions of the entire Central - and Eastern European region . In the center of the program sections are the competitions for the award of the best feature film and short feature film . The main prize is of national and international festival juries ("the charm of the end" Sorbian) award, a sculpture made ??of glass since the year 2003 in three sections, the Lubina. Created, this sculpture - each as unique - from glass artist Beate Bold Ender. The "Grand Prize for Best Film" is endowed with 18,000 € and goes in equal shares to the director and the film producers of the film. In addition, the price list every year 15 prizes whose total value is estimated at € 77 500.The traditional start of the week is an annual festival on Monday evening, the Cottbus-looking film, a platform for ambitious filmmakers. The best short films of amateur filmmakers with the Cottbus Film and Media Award (1500 €), the award for the best technical implementation award (500 €) and the audience prize (500 €).

Branitz Park

is one of Branitzer Prince Pueckler landscaped park at Branitz in Cottbus.The site got 1696 in the possession of Count Pückler's family. At the time, nor leased, the design of the park began in 1845, when Hermann von Pueckler his former residence castle Muskau in Muskau and the local park was forced to retire because of financial problems and moved to Branitz. He began here this additional parking area to create the English style, which one of the most beautiful in the Lausitz region should be.Through his creations Park, especially that of the Branitz Park, Pueckler next was Peter Joseph and Friedrich Ludwig Sckell one of Germany's most famous garden designers of the 19th Century. As the successor of Neapolitan completed by Henry Pückler the park.Under the monument standing Branitz Park stands as a memorial garden on the monument list the state of Brandenburg.

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October - December
March - June

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