Wilhelm Winter

Wilhelm Winter was a German-language writer from Reckerberg, now Popelná, in the Šumava region. According to the literary archive Kohoutí kříž, he was born on August 16, 1926, the first of six children, and spent his childhood on his parents' farm.

His life was deeply marked by the upheavals of the mid-20th century. He attended school in Kašperské Hory until he was called up to the Wehrmacht in March 1944, was released for illness in August 1945, and after the war was expelled from his homeland with his family. The same source says he later worked in forestry and eventually lived in Bavaria, where he died in a hospital in Würzburg on December 25, 1982.

Winter is remembered in connection with German-language literature of the Bohemian Forest, especially writing that reflects homeland, memory, and the fate of displaced people. The available source places him within a regional literary tradition rather than presenting him as a widely documented public figure, so surviving biographical details appear limited.