Wilhelm Hetling (8 January 1740, Reval, Russian Empire (modern-day Tallinn, Estonia) – 8 January 1798, Reval)[1] was a Baltic German politician who was the first mayor of Tallinn, then known as Reval. His family was a prominent Baltic German family in Reval and the surrounding area for centuries. His father, Carl Nicolaus Hetling, was the head of the Tallinn Magistrate from 1767 to 1781. Wilhelm Hetling became mayor after the initial revocation of the Magistracy of Reval, the political institution that had political control over the city. In his time, he earned 800 rubles a year while mayor.[2] After his mayoralty, the Magistracy of Reval was reinstated, and the next mayor, Oscar Arthur von Riesemann, would be elected in 1877, 90 years after the mayoralty of Hetling.

Wilhelm Hetling
Mayor of Tallinn
In office
April 1786 – November 1796
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byOscar Arthur von Riesemann (1877; after Magistracy of Reval was revoked)
Personal details
Born(1740-01-08)8 January 1740
Reval, Russian Empire (modern-day Tallinn, Estonia)
Died8 January 1798(1798-01-08) (aged 58)
Reval, Russian Empire

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  1. ^ "BBLD – Hetling, Wilhelm" (in German). Baltisches Biographisches Lexikon digital. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. ^ Vahter, Tarmo (14 December 2011). "Homses Ekspressis: Meie palga-aadel töötab Brüsselis" (in Estonian). Eesti Ekspress. Retrieved 3 June 2018.