The Bezirk Cottbus was a district

Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic

The Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic were constituted in two different forms during the country's 41-year-long history. The Republic first retained the traditional German division into federated states called Länder, but in 1952 replaced them with arbitrarily-drawn...

 (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Cottbus

Cottbus

Cottbus is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree. As of , its population was .- History :...

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History

The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German

Germany

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 states

States of Germany

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. After October 3, 1990, it was disestablished due to the German reunification

German reunification

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, becoming again part of the state of Brandenburg

Brandenburg

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, excepted for the area of Hoyerswerda

Hoyerswerda

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Position

The Bezirk Cottbus, mainly located in Brandenburg and partly in Saxony

Saxony

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 (Hoyerswerda), bordered with the Bezirke of Frankfurt (Oder)

Frankfurt (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Frankfurt, also Bezirk Frankfurt , was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Frankfurt .-History:...

, Potsdam

Potsdam (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Potsdam was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Potsdam.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

, Halle

Halle (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Halle was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Halle.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

, Leipzig

Leipzig (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Leipzig was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Leipzig.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

 and Dresden

Dresden (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Dresden was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Dresden.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

. It bodered also with Poland

Poland

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Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 15 kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreis) and 14 rural districts (Landkreise):

• Urban district : Cottbus
  Cottbus
  Cottbus is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree. As of , its population was .- History :...
  
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• Rural districts : Bad Liebenwerda; Calau; Cottbus-Land; Finsterwalde; Forst; Guben; Herzberg; Hoyerswerda; Jessen; Luckau; Lübben; Senftenberg; Spremberg; Weißwasser.