Born in Breslau, Schrammek, son of a surveying engineer, received his first organ lessons as a pupil of the Herzog-Friedland-Gymnasium in Żagań by his music teacher Gustav Mikeleitis.
Fruits of this work were the series Volkslieder aus deutschen Landschaften published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag under his direction and other publications on the customs in the Harz.
After his retirement in 1995, Schrammek was visiting scholar at the Leipzig University until 2006 and worked as a lecturer until 2011 for the Military bands of the Bundeswehr in Hilden.
Since 2004, he was a member of the university rectorate commission "Organ for the new construction of the assembly hall/church on the campus Augustusplatz", whose concept he significantly influenced.
In addition to his professional activities, Winfried Schrammek was organist and choirmaster at the Catholic Church St. Bonifatius.
Until 1990 he belonged to a Collegium musicum, the "Chorus Cantorum", which was exclusively dedicated to the research and faithful performance of the Gregorian chant.