Tourist Attractions in Cottbus

The Municipal Theater (by B. Sehring, 1908) in Cottbus is in Art Nouveau style.

In Bad Muskau, 39km/24mi southeast of Cottbus, is a large landscaped park designed by Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau. In the Upper Park is a ruined 13th C. church (Gothic) built of undressed stone.

The Schloss (16th century) was rebuilt between 1863 and 1866 and suffered severe destruction in the Second World War (reconstruction planned).

Carl Blechen Park in Cottbus has an open-air theater. Near the bridge are the Münzturm (Mint Tower) and the Tuchmacherbrunnen (Clothworkers' Fountain).

The Cosmos Planetarium in Cottbus is the first of its kind in Europe (opened 1974).

In the Elias Park in Cottbus is a miniature railroad. Here too there is a zoo, with large numbers of waterfowl.

The Fürst Pückler Museum is an exemplary Baroque building in Cottbus. Inside there are many rare tapestries on display.

Goethe Park in Cottbus has a small lake and a swan enclosure.

It is laid out as it was back in 1900.

In the village of Kromlau, near Cottbus, lies a large Schlosspark (c. 1850), modeled on Muskau and Branitz, with a Kavaliershaus (lodgings for members of the court) and Schloss (1845).

The Baroque Schlosskirche in Cottbus was built by Huguenots in 1707-14.

Features of interest in Peitz (10km/6mi north of Cottbus) are the old fort, the neo-classical Town Hall (1804) and the ironworks, with the Ironworking Museum. There is lively activity here during the carp-fishing season in autumn.

The Cottbus State Art Gallery has a collection of contemporary art: photography, painting, graphic art, sculpture.

The Oberkirche, to the east of Cottbus's Altmarkt, is a brick-built hall-church with a Renaissance altar by A. Schultze of Torgau.

The Wendish Church to the north of the Cottbus Altmarkt was formerly a Franciscan church in which services were held in the Sorbian language for the Sorbian population of the area.