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Place

Cottbus

Also known as

Chociebuż
Chotebuz
Chotěbuz
Choćebuz
Choćebuz
Chóśebuz

Image illustrating Cottbus — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Cottbussee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

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in countryGermany1949 CE
place of death ofAchim Mentzel1946 CE
birthplace ofAndreas Richter1977 CE
birthplace ofArved Birnbaum1962 CE
birthplace ofBenjamin Starke1986 CE
birthplace ofChristian Diener1993 CE
birthplace ofChristian Koch1996 CE
birthplace ofDetlef Kobjela1944 CE
birthplace ofDietmar Wuttke1978 CE
birthplace ofDirk Richter1964 CE
birthplace ofEdith Franke1942 CE
birthplace ofEllen Haußdörfer1980 CE

+ 11 further connections to entries not yet ingested

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