Background
Winkler was born in Chemnitz, Saxony.
Winkler was born in Chemnitz, Saxony.
He was trained as an architect. In 1938 he joined the Nazi Party. From 1941 to 1945 he was a Wehrmacht soldier.
After the war he joined the Christian Democratic Union (Christian Democratic Union) in the Soviet Occupation Zone in 1945.
Until 1953 Winkler was the leader of a reconstruction bureau, responsible for the reconstruction of the city of Chemnitz. From 1953 to 1958 Winkler was the head of the architectural bureau that designed Stalinstadt.
Winkler died after a car accident.
Nazi Party, Christian Democratic Union.
From 1954 Winkler was a member of the Executive Committee of the Christian Democratic Union and since 1956 a member of the Presidium of the Christian Democratic Union.
