lawyer secretary of Czytelnia Ludowa
Kotula finished gymnasium in Cieszyn and philosophical high school in Pressburg. In 1848 he graduated in law from the University of Vienna.
In the same year Kotula participated in Slavic Convention in Prague. Later he worked as a clerk in Hungary and notary in Frysztat. In 1867 Kotula came back to Cieszyn, where he ran his notary office until his death.
He collaborated with Tygodnik Cieszyński and Gwiazdka Cieszyńska magazines.
Kotula was interested in botany - he was collecting plants, mushrooms, beetles and butterflies. Kotula wrote poems, fairy tales and ballads.
He was secretary of Czytelnia Ludowa, member of several organizations and one of the founders of Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego.