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Sports

Cottbus is an Olympic base for many kinds of sports including gymnastics, light athletics, boxing and cycle racing. Internationally well-known sports figures come from Cottbus.

High points are the Tournament of Masters one of only five world-wide grand prixs tournaments and the International Lausitzer Light Athletics Meet showcasing the world´s elite in light athletics.

FC Energy is in the professional German soccer league. The broad support of our soccer players by the many fans is the best proof for a sport-oriented city.

For active recreational sport enthusiasts there are
51 sports fields, 50 sport halls, 20 tennis courts, an 18-hole golf course, 1 riding field, 70 skittle and bowling alleys, 3 firing ranges, 2 indoor swimming pools, 1 outdoor swimming pool, 4 swimming lakes, 1 boat house.

	More information about Cottbus.
Cottbus region:	( www.lausitz.de
Spreewald:	( www.spreewald.de
International Building Exhibition:	( www.iba-see.de
Eurospeedway Lausitz:	( www.eurospeedway.de
Indoor ski:	( www.snowtropolis.de
Tropical Islands Dome:	( www.my-tropical-islands.com
Cottbus on video:	( show VIDEO

Nature and Relaxation

Spreewald, the rustic main attraction of the region, extends beyond Cottbus. A well established bicycle trail network leads through meadows and forested landscapes along waterways to idyllic villages, technical monuments and to the German Polish border. The characteristic mining industry and subsequent landscape

highlight the developing lake area near Cottbus as well as projects at the International Building Exhibition, "Prince Pueckler Land" which make

Cottbus, "the green city".

Cottbus received honors for it´s outstanding achievements in planning and preservation of flowering and green habitats in accordance with Agenda 21.