Karl von Winckler

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Karl von Winckler , also often written as Karl von Winkler (born December 8, 1912 in Stainach , Austria-Hungary , † February 11, 1988 in Ottobrunn ) was an Austro-German entrepreneur and businessman. His surname was 'von Winckler' in Austria too, as it was argued that it was a matter of a German nobility and that 'von' should therefore be regarded as part of the name. (His descendants were therefore able to legitimately use the 'from' until 2014, since this legal conception was only changed then).

Life

Karl von Winckler was born in 1908 as the son of Carl von Winckler and his wife Johanna, nee Stögmüller.

After attending school, Winckler studied political science at the University of Vienna . He completed his studies with a doctorate to become a Dr. rer. pole. from. In the early 1930s Winckler belonged to the conservative circle around Carl von Jordans , who tried to counter the rise of National Socialism and prevent the transfer of state power to the National Socialist Party. Through the Jordans circle, Winckler made friends with Wilhelm Freiherr von Ketteler and Nikolaus Christoph von Halem , among others . After 1934, Winckler became a member of a German-Austrian network through Ketteler and Halem, which counteracted the efforts of the Hitler government to join the German Reich until 1938.

From 1937 to 1938 he worked for the Zweckverband department stores and unit price stores in Berlin. He then worked from 1938 to 1945 as the private secretary of Nikolaus Graf von Ballestrem in Gleiwitz . In 1939 Winckler married Gertrud Dangl († 1967). In 1968 a second marriage followed with Ruth Fehling.

After the Second World War, Winckler was initially director of the Österreichische Kontor GmbH in Graz , Vienna and Salzburg from 1945 to 1952 . Then from 1952 to 1958 he was first deputy director of the Buderus'schen Eisenwerke in Wetzlar, part of the Flick Group. Since 1958 he was also a member of the board of this group, of which he became chairman in 1967. He also sat as chairman of the advisory board of Burger Eisenwerke AG in Burg.

For his achievements, Winckler was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1973 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernan Associates: The International Who's Who, 1980-81 1980, p 1369th
  2. ↑ Winfried Meyer: Conspirators in the KZ , 1999, p. 259.
  3. ^ Peter Hoffmann : Resistance, coup d'état, assassination. The fight of the opposition against Hitler , 1979, p. 667.
  4. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 25, No. 139, July 28, 1973.
  5. ^ German Association of Gas and Water Experts: GWF. Das Gas- und Wasserfach , Vol. 113, p. 469.
personal data
SURNAME Winckler, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winkler, Karl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-German entrepreneur and businessman
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Stainach
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1988
Place of death Ottobrunn