Kolkwitz

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen Kolkwitz.pnglat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 45 |lat_sec = 00
lon_deg = 14 |lon_min = 15 |lon_sec = 00
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Brandenburg
Landkreis = Spree-Neiße
Höhe = 126
Fläche = 104.02
Einwohner = 9965
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 03099
Vorwahl = 0355, 035603, 035604, 035606
Kfz = SPN
Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 71 244
Straße = Berliner Straße 19
Website = [http://www.kolkwitz.de/ www.kolkwitz.de]
Bürgermeister = Fritz Handrow

Kolkwitz (Lower Sorbian Golkojce) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in southeastern Brandenburg.

Geography

Kolkwitz is situated 5 km west of Cottbus. [http://www.kolkwitz.de/verzeichnis/visitenkarte.php?mandat=47746 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

History

First documentation concerning Kolkwitz is based in 13th century.

Tourism

Pictures from Kolkwitz can be found [http://www.kolkwitz.de/verzeichnis/bildertour.php?mandatstyp=6 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. [http://www.kbf-gs31.de/intro.html website]

Hotels and restaurants are listed [http://www.kolkwitz.de/verzeichnis/index.php?mandatstyp=8 here] .

Clubs

Biggest sportsclub in Kolkwitz is the [http://www.KolkwitzerSV.de 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 [http://www.kolkwitz.de/verzeichnis/index.php?mandatstyp=2 here] .

Towns of the municipality

The municipality Kolkwitz exists since the year 1993. It includes the following towns:

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. [http://www.Grossmehring.de]

Torzym in the district Woiwodschaft Lebus (Poland). Partnership established on June 10th 2006. [http://www.Torzym.pl]

External links

* [http://www.kolkwitz.de/ municipality Kolkwitz]
* [http://www.kbf-gs31.de bunker-museum Kolkwitz (GS-31)]
* [http://www.brandenburg.de/ official website of the state of Brandenburg]
* [http://www.brandenburg-abc.de/ commercial website about Brandenburg]