Kotzen
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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°ECoordinates: 52°37′59″N 12°31′00″E / 52.63306°N 12.51667°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Havelland |
| Municipal assoc. | Nennhausen |
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| • Mayor | Marlies Ossenbühl |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.73 km2 (16.50 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
| Population (2015-12-31) | |
| • Total | 585 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| 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.
Since one English translation of the German verb "kotzen" is "to vomit" therefore the town was jokingly (?) 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.
Explorer Karl Klaus von der Decken was born in Kotzen in 1833.
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