Bezirk Cottbus
Introduction ''' 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 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had replaced the Nazi  (and the pre-war States and Prussian Provinces which had been ''de facto'' but not ''de jure'' superseded by the ).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-AnhaltOn 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 and Weißwasser returned to Saxony and Jessen returned to Saxony-Anhalt; Bad Liebenwerda 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, Potsdam, Halle, Leipzig and Dresden. It also bordered Poland.===Subdivision===The  of  Cottbus The ''Bezirk'' was divided into 15 : 1 urban district () and 14 rural districts (): *'''Urban district:''' Cottbus. *'''Rural districts:''' ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
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