Kotzen is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany.
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Location of Kotzen within Havelland district  | |
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| Coordinates: 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 (2024–29) | Jan-Peer Michalek[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.73 km2 (16.50 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 631 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/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 |
Demography
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Translation
Since one English translation of the German verb "kotzen" is "to vomit", the town was jokingly[original research?] incorrectly referred to in Ripley's Believe It or Not! 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
External links
The dictionary definition of kotzen at Wiktionary