Kolkwitz
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| Kolkwitz | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Spree-Neiße |
| Mayor | Fritz Handrow |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 104.02 km² (40.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 126 m (413 ft) |
| Population | 9,965 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 96 /km² (248 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | SPN |
| Postal code | 03099 |
| Area codes | 0355, 035603, 035604, 035606 |
| Website | www.kolkwitz.de |
Kolkwitz (Lower Sorbian Golkojce) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in southeastern Brandenburg.
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[edit] Geography
Kolkwitz is situated 5 km west of Cottbus. location
This central position makes Kolkwitz a good base for exploring trips to
- Berlin
- Dresden
- the Spreewald (Lübbenau, Lübben or Burg)
- the worldfamous „Park of Branitz“ (in Cottbus) and Park von Muskau created by famous landscape-gardener Hermann von Pückler-Muskau.
- „Lutherstadt“ Wittenberg – former hometown of Martin Luther.
- Tropical Islands Resort near Lübben
- Poland
[edit] History
First documentation concerning Kolkwitz is based in 13th century.
[edit] 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 (GS-31), which can be visited. website
Hotels and restaurants are listed here.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Towns of the municipality
The municipality Kolkwitz exists since the year 1993. It includes the following towns:
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[edit] Partnership
There are partnerships between Kolkwitz and the towns following:
Großmehring in the Bavarian district Eichstätt (Germany). Partnership established on June 18th and September 24th in 1994. [1]
Torzym in the district Woiwodschaft Lebus (Poland). Partnership established on June 10th 2006. [2]
[edit] External links
- municipality Kolkwitz
- bunker-museum Kolkwitz (GS-31)
- official website of the state of Brandenburg
- commercial website about Brandenburg
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