Japanisches Teehäuschen Cottbus, Tea house in Cottbus, Germany

The Japanese Tea House Cottbus is a pavilion with East Asian style standing on a massive base at the northwestern corner of the medieval city wall. The structure features a pagoda-style roof and is supported by four round solid columns that define the interior space.

The building was constructed in 1906 during a period when European cities were drawn to East Asian art forms. It replaced an older defensive tower that previously stood at that location.

The pavilion was built in 1906 after the Berlin trade exhibition, when interest in East Asian architecture was growing in Germany. Its name refers to its use as a tea house. The garden around it was laid out by Cottbus city garden director Julius Kurfeß, and from the early 1980s plants from Southeast Asia were planted there.

The pavilion stands on a square base reached by six steps on its east side, at the northwest corner of the old city fortifications on Töpferstraße, southwest of Puschkinpark. The interior floor is laid with damaged multicoloured tiles, so the structure is best viewed from outside.

The original roof covering of wooden shingles in aspen wood was replaced during the GDR era by Preolit shingles made of Duroplast, a plastic material. The four massive columns supporting the roof are painted to imitate wood, and their capitals carry palmette ornaments.