Editing Cottbus (section)

===Modern period===
In 1514 Jan Rak founded the {{lang|la|Universitas Serborum}}, a Sorbian gymnasium, in the city. In 1635 Lower Lusatia was ceded by Bohemia to Saxony, thereby making Cottbus an [[enclave]] of Saxony. Since the 1690s, [[French people|French]], [[Walloons]] and [[Palatines]] settled in the city.<ref>{{cite book|last=Muret|first=Eduard|title=Geschichte der Französischen Kolonie in Brandenburg-Preußen, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Berliner Gemeinde. Aus Veranlassung der Zweihundertjährigen Jubelfeier am 29. Oktober 1885|year=1885|location=Berlin|language=de|page=209}}</ref> In 1701 [[Brandenburg-Prussia]] became the [[Kingdom of Prussia]].

In 1807, following the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]], Cottbus was ceded by Prussia to the [[Kingdom of Saxony]] by the [[Treaties of Tilsit|Treaty of Tilsit]], reuniting it with Lower Lusatia. Cottbus was returned to Prussia by the [[Congress of Vienna]] in 1815 after the Napoleonic wars. Lower Lusatia was also ceded to Prussia and both became part of the Prussian [[Province of Brandenburg]] (and {{lang|de|Regierungsbezirk Frankfurt}}), where they remained until 1947. In the 19th century, the ''Bramborski Serbski Casnik'' Sorbian newspaper was published in the city, and in 1880, the first Lower Lusatian department of the [[Maćica Serbska]] organization was established there.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I|year=1880|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=598}}</ref>
[[File:Bramborski Serbski Casnik.jpg|thumb|upright|First issue of the ''Bramborski Serbski Casnik'' Sorbian newspaper, 1848]]

Up to 142 French prisoners of war were held in the town by the Prussians during the [[Franco-Prussian War]] of 1870–1871.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Stanek|first=Piotr|year=2011|title=Obozy jenieckie i obozy internowania w Chociebużu|magazine=Pro Lusatia|location=Opole|language=pl|volume=10|page=73}}</ref> In 1871 Prussia, and therefore Cottbus, became part of the [[German Empire]]. According to the Prussian census of 1905, the city of Cottbus had a population of 46,270, of which 97% were [[Germans]], 2% were [[Sorbs]] and 1% were [[Polish people|Poles]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Belzyt|first=Leszek|url=https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/search?isbn|title=Sprachliche Minderheiten im preussischen Staat: 1815 - 1914 ; die preußische Sprachenstatistik in Bearbeitung und Kommentar|date=1998|publisher=Herder-Inst.|isbn=978-3-87969-267-5|location=Marburg}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>