Andrzej Kotula, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish lawyer and national activist
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Place of Birth: Austrian Empire
About Andrzej Kotula
- Andrzej Kotula (10 February 1822 in Grodziszcz – 10 October 1891 in Cieszyn) was a Polish lawyer and activist from Cieszyn Silesia. He was son of Józef, peasant, and Maria.
- Kotula graduated from Protestant gymnasium in Cieszyn and philosophical high school in Pressburg.
- In 1848 he graduated in law from the University of Vienna, where he met Pawel Stalmach, with whom he later cooperated closely back in Cieszyn Silesia.
- In the same year Kotula together with Stalmach participated in Slavic Congress in Prague, where they were protesting against including Cieszyn Poles in the Czecho-Slovak section.In 1848-1891 he contributed to Tygodnik Cieszynski and Gwiazdka Cieszynska magazines.
- Since 1853 he worked as an administration clerk in Ipolyság, Hungary.
- In 1857 he moved to Frysztat, where he worked as notary.
- In 1867 Kotula came back to Cieszyn, where he ran his notary office until his death.
- Kotula was very active in public life, always engaging in establishing various Polish associations and institutions.
- He was also an active member of the Lutheran community.
- He was secretary of Czytelnia Ludowa (People's Library), member of several organizations and one of the founders of Macierz Szkolna Ksiestwa Cieszynskiego (School Association of the Duchy of Cieszyn).
- Kotula wrote poems, fairy tales and ballads. Kotula was interested in botany - he was collecting and conserving plants, mushrooms, beetles and butterflies.He had three sons - botanist Boleslaw, engineer Andrzej, and bookseller and publisher Jerzy.
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