Kolkwitz
Encyclopedia
Kolkwitz is a municipality
in the district of Spree-Neiße
, in southeastern Brandenburg
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. location
This central position makes Kolkwitz a good base for exploring trips to
Clicking the pictures gives you further information ( German only).
There's a bunker of former airforce of German Democratic Republic
(GS-31), which can be visited. website
Hotels and restaurants are listed here.
Kolkwitzer Carneval Club e. V. is known to be one of the most active Carneval Clubs in the region.
Motorsportclub Hänchen arranges German Open Masterships in Motocross (motorbikes) every year.
Firebrigades (German: „Feuerwehren“) in the different towns of the municipality are a very popular.
More clubs can be found here.
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...
in the district of Spree-Neiße
Spree-Neiße
Spree-Neiße is a Kreis in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis and Kamenz in Saxony, the districts Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Dahme-Spreewald and Oder-Spree. The district-free city Cottbus is completely surrounded by...
, in southeastern Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
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Geography
Kolkwitz is situated 5 km west of CottbusCottbus
Cottbus is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree. As of , its population was .- History :...
. location
This central position makes Kolkwitz a good base for exploring trips to
- BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
- DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
- the SpreewaldSpreewaldThe Spreewald is situated about 100 km south-east of Berlin. It was designated a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1991. It is known for its traditional irrigation system which consists of more than 200 small channels within the area. The landscape was shaped during the ice-age...
(Lübbenau, Lübben or Burg) - the worldfamous „Park of Branitz“ (in Cottbus) and Park von Muskau created by famous landscape-gardener Hermann von Pückler-MuskauHermann von Pückler-MuskauPrince was a German nobleman, who was an excellent artist in landscape gardening and wrote widely appreciated books, mostly about his travels in Europe and Northern Africa, published under the pen name of "Semilasso".- Life :He was born at Muskau Castle in Upper Lusatia, then ruled by...
. - „Lutherstadt“ WittenbergWittenbergWittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a city in Germany in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, on the river Elbe. It has a population of about 50,000....
– former hometown of Martin LutherMartin LutherMartin Luther was a German priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money. He confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517...
. - Tropical IslandsTropical IslandsTropical Islands Resort is an artificial tropical resort in Krausnick, Germany. It is said to have the world's largest tropical indoor pool which can accommodate up to 8,000 visitors a day...
Resort near Lübben - PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
Tourism
Pictures from Kolkwitz can be found here.Clicking the pictures gives you further information ( German only).
There's a bunker of former airforce of German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
(GS-31), which can be visited. website
Hotels and restaurants are listed here.
Clubs
Biggest sportsclub in Kolkwitz is the SV Kolkwitz 1896 e.V. .Kolkwitzer Carneval Club e. V. is known to be one of the most active Carneval Clubs in the region.
Motorsportclub Hänchen arranges German Open Masterships in Motocross (motorbikes) every year.
Firebrigades (German: „Feuerwehren“) in the different towns of the municipality are a very popular.
More clubs can be found here.
Towns of the municipality
The municipality Kolkwitz exists since the year 1993. It includes the following towns:
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Partnership
There are partnerships between Kolkwitz and the towns following:- GroßmehringGroßmehringGroßmehring is a municipality in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria in Germany....
in the Bavarian district Eichstätt (Germany). Partnership established on June 18 and September 24 in 1994. http://www.Grossmehring.de
- TorzymTorzymTorzym is a town in Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 2,466 inhabitants . It is the administrative seat of the urban-rural Gmina Torzym...
in the Lubusz Voivodeship (Poland). Partnership established on June 10, 2006. http://www.Torzym.pl