Heinz Winkler (7 July 1910 – 25 June 1958) was a German politician and architect who served as Minister for Development (German: Minister für Aufbau) in East Germany from 1953 to 1958.
[1] He became a member of the Christian Democratic Union in 1948.
[1] Winkler was born in Chemnitz, Saxony.
From 1953 to 1958 Winkler was the head of the architectural bureau that designed the new East German city of Stalinstadt (re-named Eisenhüttenstadt in 1960).
Winkler died after a car accident.