| Winterhude | |
| Type: | Quarter |
| City: | Hamburg |
| Coordinates: | 53.6°N 10°W |
| State: | Hamburg |
| Borough: | Hamburg-Nord |
| Area: | 7.6 |
| Area Code: | 040 |
| Licence: | HH |
| Plantext: | Location of Winterhude in Hamburg |
| Image Plan: | HH-Winterhude-quarter.png |
Winterhude is a quarter in the ward Hamburg-Nord of Hamburg, Germany. As of 2020 the population was 56,382.
Winterhude was first mentioned in the 13th century,[1] but archeological findings of tools, weapons and grave-mounds were dated to 1700 BC and 700 BC.[2]
During World War II the port of Hamburg and therefore Winterhude were targets of the air raids of the so-called Operation Gomorrah.
In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the Winterhude quarter has a total area of 7.6 km2. To the north is the Alsterdorf quarter and the Barmbek-Nord quarter is in the east. In the west are the Eppendorf and the Harvestehude quarters and in the south are the Uhlenhorst and Barmbek-Süd quarters.
The City Park of Hamburg (Hamburger Stadtpark) is located within Winterhude.
In 2007, the population of the Winterhude quarter was 48,799. The population density was 6439PD/sqkm. 10.6% were children under the age of 18, and 15% were 65 years of age or older. 11,8% were immigrants. 1,684 people were registered as unemployed.[3] In 1999, there were 31,732 households, and 60.4% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.61.[4]
Population by year
| 1709 | 1810 | 1811 | 1834 | 1838 | |
| 100 | 238 | 242 | 325 | 380 |
| 1939 | 1950 | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | |
| 65,937 | 90,623 | 79,235 | 61,899 | 50,787 [5] |
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |
| 47,225 | 46,988 | 47,236 | 47,767 | 48,404 | 49,460 | 49,449 | 49,819 | 49,040 | 49,192 | 48,536 | 48,536 | 48,756 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| 48,653 | 48,469 | 48,421 | 48,610 | 48,532 | 48,602 | 49,018 | 48,799 |
In 2007 there were 4,622 criminal offences (95/1000 people).
In 2006 there were 6 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools in the Winterhude quarter with 3,959 pupils.[6]
Established in 1956, the Consulate-General of the Republic of Indonesia is located in the quarter. The Consulate-General of the Islamic Republic of Iran was established in 1858 and is also located in the street Bebelallee.
The hospital Israelitisches Krankenhaus has 180 beds.
There were 32 day-care centers for children, 156 physicians in private practice and 16 pharmacies.
Winterhude is serviced by the rapid transit system of the underground railway with several stations: Sierichstraße, Borgweg und Saarlandstraße (yellow line U3), Hudtwalkerstraße and Lattenkamp (blue line U1) . According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter Winterhude were 15,992 private cars registered (328 cars/1000 people).[7]