Claus Winkler (politician)

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Claus Winkler (born March 27, 1912 in Königsberg , † January 12, 1971 in Wedel ) was a German politician and administrative officer . From 1966 until his suicide he was mayor of the city of Wedel.

Life

Winkler arrived in Königsberg the world and studied law . From 1947 he lived in Geesthacht , in 1950 he passed the state examination in law. As a lawyer, he worked at the Hamburg Higher Regional Court and administrative courts, and in Geesthacht he was a member of the council. After his election as mayor of the city of Wedel, Winkler sat in on the administration of Husum and Schleswig in preparation for the office, initially at the behest of the Ministry of the Interior of the State of Schleswig-Holstein , before taking up the post of mayor in Wedel on January 1, 1966.

In 1970 the city of Wedel considered purchasing its own mainframe to make administrative work easier and modern. The city's magistrate ultimately decided to buy, and Winkler's notification to the Stadtsparkasse was not made, and the public believed that the mayor had acted unauthorized and purchased the adding machine without first including the costs of around DM 500,000 in the budget the way (in another source the costs are given as 260,000 DM). Winkler, who suffered from depression, was given leave of absence at the end of October 1970 due to illness. In December 1970, Winkler agreed with the representatives of the SPD and FDP not to return to office. When the prospect of high pension payments was dashed, Winkler said, according to Der Spiegel : "I'm not sick at all, they just want to get rid of me".

Shortly after the turn of the year 1970/1971, the Wedel mayor Karl Cherk of the SPD resigned from his position after the party and parliamentary group expressed their distrust due to indiscretions regarding the purchase of the mainframe, the supposed role of Winkler and his state of health. On January 12, 1971, Winkler was found hanged in the attic of his house. In a suicide note, Winkler wrote, among other things, that he felt responsible for Cherk's resignation.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carsten Dürkob: 25 years for the reconstruction . In: Wedel. A city story . A. Beig Druck und Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-923457-52-9 , pp. 233 .
  2. ↑ December 1970 - Attacks on Mayor Dr. Claus Winkler - wedel.de. Retrieved December 22, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b MAYOR / WEDEL: break with the brother . In: Der Spiegel . tape 4 , January 18, 1971 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 22, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Carsten Dürkob: Wedel 1970-2000: From dealing with history; The “computer affair” and its victims . In: Wedel. A city story . A. Beig Druck und Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-923457-52-9 , pp. 235, 236 .
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SURNAME Winkler, Claus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician and administrative officer
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1971
Place of death frond