The memorial will be closed from April 18 to 21. We look forward to welcoming you back to our usual opening hours from April 22. We wish you all happy holidays.
Monday closed
Tuesday – Friday
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday
1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The memorial is closed on public holidays. Further closing times can be found here – (below the german closing times)
Animals are not permitted. Assistance dogs and guide dogs are exempt from this rule.
Most parts of the site are accessible. A lift is available. However, please note that some areas are only accessible via stairs. This specifically applies to the "hidden places" special tour.
Adults: EUR 8.00
(per person)
Reduced: EUR 5.00
(pupils, students, pensioners, severely disabled persons, recipients of unemployment benefit/unemployment benefit II)
Guided tour: EUR 45.00*
up to a max. of 25 persons, duration approx. 90 minutes
Guided tours with a contemporary witness: EUR 90.00*
up to a max. of 25 persons, duration: approx. 2 hours
Guided tours through hidden places: EUR 25.00*
per person, up to a max. of 10 persons, duration: approx. 2 hours
*plus entrance fee
Guided tours are only available by prior arrangement by calling +49 (0) 355 / 290 133-11 or sending an e-mail to info@menschenrechtszentrum-cottbus.de. Guided tours in English or simple German language are also possible by prior arrangement.
Only cash payments are possible on site.
By car
from Leipzig/Dresden: A 14 or A13 to motorway junction Spreewald, then A 15 to Cottbus-Süd exit, then B 168 to Hermann-Löns-Straße, then turn left into Bautzener Straße.
from Berlin: A 113 or A 13 towards Dresden as far as the Spreewald motorway junction, then A 15 as far as the Cottbus-Süd exit, then B 168 as far as Hermann-Löns-Straße, then turn left into Bautzener Straße.
By train to Cottbus main station
from Leipzig RE 18
from Dresden RE 18
from Berlin RE 2
In Cottbus by public transport
take tram 1, 3 or 4 to Görlitzer Str., bus 9, 25, 32, 41, 3N or 4N to Görlitzer Str., then approx. 7 min walk (600m)
Bautzener Straße 140, 03050 Cottbus
1.4 km
Spremberg Tower
1.5 km
Cottbus City Museum
1.9 km
Cottbus Wendish Museum
1.9 km
Cottbus State Theatre
2.1 km
Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art
2.8 km
Old Market Square
2.8 km
Brandenburg Pharmacy Museum
3.0 km
Lake Madlow
3.2 km
Cottbus Zoo
5.3 km
Branitz Castle
13.1 km
Spreewald Biosphere Reserve
Menschenrechtszentrum Cottbus e. V. | Bautzener Straße 140 | 03050 Cottbus | Free parking spaces
Information and reservations:
Opening hours:
Mon.
closed
Tue. - Fri.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sat. + Son.
1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Admission until one hour before closing time.
Closed on public holidays.
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