Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg, Germany

🇩🇪 Hamburg-Nord ("Hamburg North") is one of the seven boroughs of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, in northern Germany. It has an area of 57.5 km².

Geography Starting from the north and continuing on clockwise, Hamburg-Nord borders on the state of Schleswig-Holstein and the Hamburg boroughs of Wandsbek, Mitte, and Altona. The borough is divided into 13 localities, namely Alsterdorf, Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Eppendorf, Fuhlsbüttel, Groß Borstel, Hoheluft-Ost, Hohenfelde, Langenhorn, Ohlsdorf, Uhlenhorst, and Winterhude. Hamburg-Nord has a total area of 57.5 km² (22.2 sq mi).

Demographics As of 2007, there were 280,229 people residing in the borough. The population density was 4,838 inhabitants per square kilometre (12,530/sq mi). 12% were children under the age of 18 and 17.8% were aged 65 or older. In 2006, 31,617 criminal offences were committed in the borough (113 crimes per 1,000 people).

Infrastructure The borough has 30 elementary schools and 26 secondary schools.

Healthcare Several hospitals are located in the borough Hamburg-Nord, among others the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistr. 52, in the quarter Eppendorf, with 1,369 beds and 109 day-care places in 21 departments. The UKE is a general hospital and teaching hospital for the University of Hamburg and provides the capacity to dispatch emergency medical services. The hospital Asklepios Klinik Nord with its branches Heidberg and Ochsenzoll is located in the quarter Langenhorn. It is a general hospital and provides the capacity to dispatch emergency medical services. The part Ochsenzoll is also specialized for psychiatric problems. The hospital Asklepios Klinik Barmbek is also a general hospital. The Bethanien hospital, Martinistr. 41-49, is specialized for diabetical disease with 20 day-care places for geriatric cases.

There were 154 day-care centres for children and 733 physicians in private practice and 92 pharmacies.

Transport The borough is serviced by the rapid transit system of the underground railway and the city trains with several stations.

There are several exits of the Bundesautobahn 7 in Hamburg-Nord. According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the borough Hamburg-Mitte were 99,440 private cars registered (359 cars/1000 people). There were 1,733 traffic accidents total, including 1,420 traffic accidents with damage to persons.

The Hamburg Airport is located in the quarter Fuhlsbüttel. Hamburg International, a private airline, had its head office in the borough before closing down.