Kotzen
Kotzen | |
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show Location of Kotzen within Havelland district | |
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Coordinates: 52°37′59″N 12°31′00″E / 52.63306°N 12.51667°ECoordinates: 52°37′59″N 12°31′00″E / 52.63306°N 12.51667°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Brandenburg |
District | Havelland |
Municipal assoc. | Nennhausen |
Subdivisions | 4 Ortsteile |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Franziska Blask[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 42.73 km2 (16.50 sq mi) |
Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 616 |
• Density | 14/km2 (37/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 14715 |
Dialling codes | 033874 |
Vehicle registration | HVL |
Website | www.amt-nennhausen.de |
Kotzen is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany.
Demography[]
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Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue line: Population; Dotted line: Comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; Grey background: Time of Nazi rule; Red background: Time of communist rule)
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Translation[]
Since one English translation of the German verb "kotzen" is "" therefore the town was jokingly (?) incorrectly referred to in under the title "Barfburg". More prosaically the name probably comes from the Slavonic-German noun "Kotzen" which means market place, as per the Theater an der Kotzen, Divadlo v Kotcích in Prague.
Personalities[]
Explorer Karl Klaus von der Decken was born in Kotzen in 1833.
References[]
- ^ Landkreis Havelland Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2020". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2021.
- ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
External links[]
The dictionary definition of kotzen at Wiktionary
Categories:
- Municipalities in Brandenburg
- Localities in Havelland
- Bezirk Potsdam
- Brandenburg geography stubs