Cottbus: facts

At a glance

• Country: Germany
• Region: Brandenburg
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 84,754
• Coordinates: 51.7577° N, 14.3289° E
• Time zone: Europe/Berlin (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Berlin: 106 km (66 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Dresden Airport (DRS): 79 km (49 mi), straight line
• Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER): 88 km (55 mi), straight line
• Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG, Poland): 109 km (68 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kolkwitz: 5.5 km (3.4 mi)
• Briesen: 8.7 km (5.4 mi)
• Guhrow: 9.1 km (5.7 mi)
• Werben: 12 km (7 mi)
• Drehnow: 12 km (8 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Zielona Gora, 83 km (52 mi)

Things to see

• Bertha Lippmann geb. Levy (memorial)
• Cottbuser Postkutscher (artwork)
• Die Blaue Uhr (attraction)
• Frieden (artwork)
• Landeskirchliche Gemeinschaft (LKG) (church)
• Skulptur 2000 (artwork)