Wilhelm Coulin
Wilhelm Coulin (born July 17, 1816 in Herborn , † June 8, 1887 in Wiesbaden ) was a Nassau-Prussian civil servant. From 1870 until his retirement in 1886 he was mayor of Wiesbaden.
Coulin was born the son of the businessman Friedrich Leonhard Coulin. In 1833 he entered the civil service of the Duchy of Nassau and initially worked in Herborn and later in Hochheim am Main .
In 1845 he came to the Nassau capital Wiesbaden and worked there in the city service. In 1849 he took over the office of the council clerk, in 1853 that of a field alderman and in 1855 he became the mayor's adjunct . Finally, in 1870, Coulin himself was appointed mayor and served 16 years in that office. During this time he made a special contribution to the surveying of the district and the court riding within it. In 1886 he retired.
15 years after his death, a new street built in the north-west of the city center was named after him.
literature
- Otto Renkhoff : Nassau biography. Short biographies from 13 centuries. Wiesbaden, 1992
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coulin, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nassau-Prussian civil servant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herborn |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1887 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |