Coulin, Wilhelm

Mayor

born: 17.07.1816 in Herborn

died: 08.06.1887 in Wiesbaden

From 1833, Coulin was initially in the state service of Nassau in Herborn and Hochheim and moved to the city of Wiesbaden in 1845. Here he became municipal clerk in 1849 and field magistrate in 1853.

In 1855 he took over the office of mayor's deputy under Mayor Heinrich Fischer. As such, he represented Fischer in 1867 during the "inaugural visit" of King Wilhelm of Prussia following the annexation of Nassau. Coulin was mayor from 1870 until his retirement in 1886.

He made a special contribution to the consolidation and re-survey of the land in the Wiesbaden district. In the process, he succeeded in parceling out the plots of land, which were located in an inappropriate mixture for cultivation, by consolidating them. This painstaking work was completed by 1875. He received great recognition from the municipal council and the government.

In addition to his office as mayor, he was also committed to the interests of tradesmen. He was one of the 89 founding members of the "Advance Association for the City of Wiesbaden", founded in 1860, the forerunner of today's Wiesbadener Volksbank. He was also a member of the board of the Paulinenstiftung.

Coulin was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class and the Order of the Crown 3rd Class. Because of his merits, he was buried in the North Cemetery at the city's expense. A street in Wiesbaden bears his name.