| Common Name: | Cottbus |
| Conventional Long Name: | District of Cottbus |
| Subdivision: | District (Bezirk) |
| Nation: | East Germany |
| Image Map Caption: | Location of Bezirk Cottbus within the German Democratic Republic |
| Capital: | Cottbus |
| Stat Area1: | 8262 |
| Stat Pop1: | 884,700 |
| Stat Year1: | 1989 |
| Leader1: | Franz Bruk |
| Leader2: | Albert Stief |
| Leader3: | Werner Walde |
| Leader4: | Wolfgang Thiel |
| Year Leader1: | 1952–1953 |
| Year Leader2: | 1953–1969 |
| Year Leader3: | 1969–1989 |
| Year Leader4: | 1989–1990 |
| Title Leader: | SED First Secretary |
| Title Deputy: | Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk |
| Deputy1: | Werner Manneberg |
| Deputy2: | Heinz Krüger |
| Deputy3: | Rudolf Müller |
| Deputy4: | Hans Schmidt |
| Deputy5: | Irma Uschkamp |
| Deputy6: | Peter Siegesmund |
| Deputy7: | Karl-Heinz Kretschmer |
| Year Deputy1: | 1952–1959 |
| Year Deputy2: | 1959–1962 |
| Year Deputy3: | 1962 |
| Year Deputy4: | 1962–1971 |
| Year Deputy5: | 1971–1989 |
| Year Deputy6: | 1989–1990 |
| Year Deputy7: | 1990 |
| P1: | Brandenburg (1945-1952) |
| Flag P1: | Flag of Brandenburg (1945-1952).svg |
| P2: | Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952) |
| Flag P2: | Flagge Preußen - Provinz Sachsen.svg |
| P3: | Saxony (1945–1952) |
| Flag P3: | Flag of Saxony.svg |
| S1: | Brandenburg |
| Flag S1: | Flag of Brandenburg.svg |
| S2: | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Flag S2: | Flag of Saxony-Anhalt (state).svg |
| S3: | Saxony |
| Flag S3: | Flag of Saxony.svg |
| Year Start: | 1952 |
| Year End: | 1990 |
| Today: | Germany |
German: Bezirk Cottbus was a district (German: Bezirk) of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The administrative seat and main town was Cottbus.
The district was established, along with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, de facto replacing the East German States (German: Länder) which had been established in the post-war period; these in turn had replaced the Nazi German: [[Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany|Gaue]] (and the pre-war States and Prussian Provinces which had been de facto but not de jure superseded by the German: Gaue). Most of German: Bezirk Cottbus had been part of Brandenburg, with smaller parts taken from Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt
On 3 October 1990 the German: Bezirke were disestablished due to the reunification of Germany. Most of the German: Kreise of German: Bezirk Cottbus returned to the reconstituted states which they had belonged to before 1952: most went to Brandenburg, while the districts of Hoyerswerda and Weißwasser returned to Saxony and Jessen returned to Saxony-Anhalt; Bad Liebenwerda and Herzberg, which had been part of Saxony-Anhalt before 1952 became part of Brandenburg.
German: Bezirk Cottbus, mainly located in Brandenburg and partly in Saxony (Hoyerswerda), bordered the German: Bezirke of Frankfurt, Potsdam, Halle, Leipzig and Dresden. It also bordered Poland.
The Bezirk was divided into 15 German: Kreise: 1 urban district (German: Stadtkreis) and 14 rural districts (German: Landkreise):