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A vibrant city in Brandenburg, Germany, Cottbus is located around 125 kilometers southeast of Berlin on the Spree River.

The city’s settlement was established in the tenth century just when Sorbs erected a castle on a sandy island founding the Spree river. It was in 1156 when the name of the town was first mentioned. During the medieval times, Cottbus was famous for wool and the town’s drapery was exported to all Brandenburg, Bohemia and also Saxony. The city was acquired by the Prince-Electors of Brandenburg in the year 1462. They came to rule the Duchy of Prussia in the year 1618. The city belonged to the German Democratic Republic in 1990.

Cottbus served as the cultural center of the Lower Sorbian minority and numerous signs in it are bilingual. There is also a Lower Sorbian-medium Gymnasium but Sorbian is said to be rarely spoken on the city’s streets. The Park of Branitz is near Cottbus and it was created by Prince Hermann von Puckler-Muskau.

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