Kaspar Winder

Kaspar Winder (born January 21, 1908 in Wolfurt ; † July 22, 1977 in Feldkirch ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ) and gendarmerie officer . From 1963 to 1964 he was a member of the Vorarlberg state parliament .

education and profession

Winder first attended elementary school in Wolfurt and then continued his education through evening courses through which he caught up with the community school. He worked as a factory worker from 1923 to 1927 and became a professional soldier in 1927. As a professional soldier, he passed the state examination in shorthand and typing. In 1930 Winder moved to the gendarmerie, where he was employed as a gendarmerie officer from 1930 to 1935. After a serious accident at work, he was used in the office until 1943, where he was suspended from work three times for political reasons between 1942 and 1943. In 1944 he was transferred to the police reserve commander for Tyrol-Vorarlberg in Innsbruck and between May and September 1945 he was a teacher at the Bregenz gendarmerie supplementary department. He then became interim head of the Feldkirch gendarmerie post and, after completing a corresponding specialist course in Innsbruck, was appointed post commander of Feldkirch in 1949. In this function he worked until 1961, after which he was deputy district gendarmerie commandant of Feldkirch from 1961 to 1970. He was retired on June 30, 1970.

Politics and functions

Winder was a member of the Austrian People's Party and the ÖAAB. As a member of the Feldkirch electoral district, he was a member of the Vorarlberg state parliament from May 11, 1963 to October 28, 1964, replacing Herbert Stohs . He was also a member of the Legal and Immunity Committee and a member of the Social Policy Committee. Winder was also a member of the Reich Association of Catholic Youth in Austria, a member of the “Rheingau” gymnastics club, from 1945 a member of the professional representation of the security executive and from 1953 to 1966 regional chairman of the comradeship of the executive branch in Austria.

Private

Winder was the son of the worker Josef Anton Winder and his wife Maria Anna Winder, nee Baer, ​​where his father died in the First World War. Winder married Anna Tschohl and had a daughter.

Awards

• 1968: Merit of the Republic of Austria
• Golden Plaque of Comradeship of the Executive
• Honorary chairman of the Vorarlberg state executive

Web links

• Kaspar Winder's biography (PDF; 87 kB) in the parliamentary documents of the Vorarlberg state parliament.