Editing Cottbus (section)

== Culture and education ==
[[File:Nsg-cottbus.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Lower Sorbian Gymnasium Cottbus]]]]
[[File:IKMZ.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Brandenburg University of Technology]] Library]]
Cottbus is the cultural centre of the [[Lower Sorbian language|Lower Sorbian]] minority. Many signs in the town are bilingual, and there is a Lower Sorbian-medium ''[[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]]'' and a [[Sorbian Quarter]], but Sorbian is rarely spoken on the streets.

Next to Cottbus is the famous [[Branitz Park]], created by Prince [[Hermann von Pückler-Muskau]] after 1845. Schloss Branitz ([[Branitz Castle]]) was rebuilt by Gottfried Semper in a late Baroque style between 1846 and 1852, and the gardens Prince Hermann laid feature two pyramids. One of these, the Seepyramide, is in the middle of an artificial lake and serves as his [[mausoleum]].<ref>Udo Lauer, Fürst Pücklers Traumpark, Ullstein Verlag, 1996, Berlin</ref>

Cottbus is also home to the [[Brandenburg University of Technology]] (BTU) and the maths/science-oriented Max-Steenbeck-Gymnasium, named after the physicist [[Max Steenbeck]].

Every year Cottbus hosts the [[East Europe International Film Festival]].

Cottbus has a [[association football|football]] team, [[FC Energie Cottbus|Energie Cottbus]], that plays in the [[Regionalliga Nordost]] as of the 2021–2022 season. Their home matches are played at the city's [[Stadion der Freundschaft (Cottbus)|Stadion der Freundschaft]].