Cottbus was a district () of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The administrative seat and main town was

Cottbus Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with exte ...

History

The district was established, along with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, ''de facto'' replacing the East German States () which had been established in the post-war period; these in turn had replaced the Nazi (and the pre-war States and Prussian Provinces which had been ''de facto'' but not ''de jure'' superseded by the ). Most of Cottbus had been part of Brandenburg, with smaller parts taken from Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt On 3 October 1990 the were disestablished due to the reunification of Germany. Most of the of Cottbus returned to the reconstituted states which they had belonged to before 1952: most went to Brandenburg, while the districts of

Hoyerswerda Hoyerswerda () or Wojerecy () is a major district town in the district of Bautzen in the German state of Saxony. It is located in the Sorbian settlement area of Upper Lusatia, a region where some people speak the Sorbian language in addition to ...

and Weißwasser returned to Saxony and Jessen returned to Saxony-Anhalt;

Bad Liebenwerda Bad Liebenwerda () is a spa town in the Elbe-Elster district, in southwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, 57 km northwest of Dresden, and 28 km east of Torgau. History The first written mention i ...

and Herzberg, which had been part of Saxony-Anhalt before 1952 became part of Brandenburg.

Geography

Position

Cottbus, mainly located in Brandenburg and partly in Saxony (Hoyerswerda), bordered the of

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...

, Potsdam, Halle, Leipzig and Dresden. It also bordered Poland.

Subdivision

BEZIRK COTTBUS v2 (Karte verbessert - mit Bezirk Dresden)

The ''Bezirk'' was divided into 15 : 1 urban district () and 14 rural districts (): *Urban district:

. *Rural districts: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .

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Bezirk Cottbus Cottbus was a district () of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The administrative seat and main town was Cottbus. History The district was established, along with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, ''de facto'' replacing the East German ...

History of Cottbus Former states and territories of Saxony Former states and territories of Brandenburg