Lausitz Science Park Cottbus
🌟 Lausitz Science Park – Vision & Future
The Lausitz Science Park is an ambitious large-scale project designed to strengthen Lusatia as a center of innovation. With academic and industrial partners, a strong focus on research, and modern infrastructure, it will act as a driver for technology transfer, new jobs, and urban development—integrated into the regional structural transformation.
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Vision & Purpose
The Lausitz Science Park (LSP) will be a modern science and innovation location that closely links science, research and business.
- Central pillar in the structural change of Lusatia
- 420 hectares total area
- Focus on knowledge transfer, research & industry
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Location & Areas
- Location: Northwest of Cottbus/Chóśebuz, near BTU campus
- Excellent connections to the city center, traffic & public transport
- Core area: approx. 65 hectares, completion by 2029
- Overall development planned as a generational project
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Research focuses
The LSP combines four future fields:
- ⚡ Energy transition & decarbonization
- 🧬 Health & Life Sciences
- 🌍 Global change & transformation processes
- 🤖 Artificial Intelligence & Sensor Technologies
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Technology & Research Partners
Already planned & ongoing projects:
- CHESCO (Center for Hybrid Electric Systems Cottbus)
- Fraunhofer Society
- DLR
- Leibniz Association
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Kooperation & Governance
The LSP is a joint project of:
- City of Cottbus/Chóśebuz
- BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
- Land Brandenburg
Other partners: LEAG, BASF Schwarzheide, Deutsche Bahn, Rolls-Royce
- Support from WISTA Management GmbH (know-how from Adlershof)
👉 2024: Signing of the framework agreement for the establishment of an economic development agency
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Objectives & Structure
- New, integrative district with living, working, leisure & recreation
- Perspective: 10,000 jobs
- Capacity for 200 SMEs
- Integration of residential buildings, daycare centers, restaurants
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Current developments & events
- March 2022: Symbolic opening letter of intent
- July 2024: Framework agreement for development signed
- May 2025: Presentation at the Real Estate Arena (investment focus)
- June 2025: First Cleantech Festival (information booth, tours, digital formats)
🚀 Strategic lighthouse project
The Lausitz Science Park is not an industrial park, but a beacon of structural change in Germany.
👉 For Genoptic, the settlement means:
- Part of a future-oriented technology cluster
- Benefit from excellent framework conditions
- Positioning as a pioneer in an emerging technology region