[3] 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.

[10] The Consulate-General of the Islamic Republic of Iran was established in 1858 and is also located in the street Bebelallee.

[8] 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).