List of tallest buildings by German federal state

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The following is a list of the tallest high-rise buildings by German federal state, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Not included are town halls like New Town Hall (Leipzig), Hamburg City Hall, New Town Hall (Dresden) or New Town Hall (Hanover) as well as non-habitable buildings like radio masts and towers, observation towers, steeples, chimneys, and other tall architectural structures.

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By far the most high-rise buildings with a height of at least 100 meters are located in Hesse (44), followed by North Rhine-Westphalia (18), Berlin (12), Bavaria (8) and thirteen in other federal states.

Hesse is also the federal state whose largest city, Frankfurt, is the only real skyscraper city in Germany. Out of a total of 21 skyscrapers in Germany, meaning buildings at least 150 metres (492 ft) tall, 20 are located in Frankfurt. Six of them are 200 m (660 ft) or higher.

Current tallest building in each federal state

StateCityName of BuildingImageHeightFloorsYear [lower-alpha 1] Primary purposePrevious tallest
(m)(ft)
Flag of Hesse.svg  Hesse Frankfurt (Main) Commerzbank Tower Frankfurt Am Main-Commerzbank Tower-Ansicht vom Eisernen Steg.jpg 259850561997Office Messeturm,
257 metres (843 ft)
Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg  North Rhine-Westphalia Bonn Post Tower Bonn-marriott-fernsicht-10.jpg 162.5533412002Office KölnTurm,
148.5 metres (487 ft)
Flag of Bremen.svg  Bremen Bremerhaven Atlantic Hotel Sail City [1] Atlantic Hotel Sail City 8.JPG 147482232008HotelColumbus-Center I,
88 metres (289 ft)
Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg  Bavaria Munich Hochhaus Uptown München Uptown Munich 1.jpg 146479382004OfficeBusiness Tower Nuremberg,
135 metres (443 ft)
Flag of Thuringia.svg  Thuringia Jena JenTower (Intershop Tower) 13-05-03-jena-by-RalfR-03.jpg 144.5474321972OfficeBau 59,
67 metres (220 ft)
Flag of Saxony.svg  Saxony Leipzig City-Hochhaus Leipzig Leipzig - Augustusplatz + City-Hochhaus 03 ies.jpg 142.5468361972Office Wintergartenhochhaus (1972),
95.5 metres (313 ft)
Flag of Berlin.svg  Berlin Berlin Edge East Side Tower [2] Berlin - Edge East Side Tower (2023-10) Bild 02.jpg 142466362023Office Park Inn Berlin &
Treptowers,
125 metres (410 ft)
Flag of Schleswig-Holstein.svg  Schleswig-Holstein Travemünde (Lübeck)Maritim Travemünde [3] Travemuende-Leuchtturm mit Maritim.jpg 119391351974HotelMaritim Clubhotel (1974),
101 metres (331 ft)
Flag of Hamburg.svg  Hamburg Hamburg Elbphilharmonie Hamburg - Elbphilharmonie - 2016.jpg 110361262017Concert hall, Hotel Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg,
108 metres (354 ft)
Flag of Baden-Wurttemberg.svg  Baden-Württemberg Mannheim Collini-Center [4] Mannheim Collini-Center 20101213.jpg 102335321975Residential
Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate.svg  Rhineland-Palatinate Mainz Bonifazius-Türme [5] Bonifaziusturm A 20211107 Mainz HOF08088.jpg 95312241977Office Friedrich-Engelhorn-Hochhaus,
101.6 metres (333 ft) (demolished)
Flag of Lower Saxony.svg  Lower Saxony Hanover Stadtwerke Hochhaus [6] Hannover Stadtwerke.jpg 92302231975OfficeLister Tor (1975),
91 metres (299 ft)
Flag of Brandenburg.svg  Brandenburg Frankfurt (Oder) Oderturm FFO 04-13 Oderturm.jpg 89292251976Office
Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.svg  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rostock August-Bebel-Straße 36 [7] [8] August-Bebel-Strasse 36.jpg 77253241970sResidential
Flag of Saxony-Anhalt (state).svg  Saxony-Anhalt Halle (Saale) Am Bruchsee 10 [9] Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1982-0430-008, Halle, Neustadt, Wohnblocks, Wohnhochhauser.jpg 73240241970sResidential
Flag of Saarland.svg  Saarland Saarlouis Ford-Hochhaus [10] Ford Hochhaus Saarlouis.JPG 65213231968Residential

Tallest buildings proposed or under construction

These future buildings, if completed, would overtake the title of the tallest building in their respective states.

StateCityName of
building
ImageHeightFloorsYear [lower-alpha 2] Primary
purpose
Status
(m)(ft)
Flag of Hesse.svg  Hesse Frankfurt (Main) Millennium Tower (Frankfurt) [11] 288945702030Mixed-useApproved
Flag of Hamburg.svg  Hamburg Hamburg Elbtower [12] Elbtower Westseite Marz 2024 nnw crop.jpg 24580464UnknownMixed-useOn hold
Flag of Berlin.svg  Berlin Berlin Estrel Tower Aussenansicht Fassade des Estrel Towers Berlin.jpg 176577452025HotelUnder construction
Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg  Bavaria Munich Paketposthalle Towers [13] 15550939UnknownMixed-useProposed
Flag of Baden-Wurttemberg.svg  Baden-Württemberg Fellbach Schwabenlandtower [14] Schwabenlandtower.jpg 10735134UnknownResidentialOn hold
Flag of Saxony-Anhalt (state).svg  Saxony-Anhalt Halle (Saale) Hochhaus am Zukunftszentrum [15] 902962028/29Proposed
Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.svg  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rostock City-Tower [16] 80263182026/27ResidentialApproved
Flag of Saarland.svg  Saarland Saarbrücken Am Schanzenberg [17] 7023016UnknownOfficeProposed

Lists of the tallest buildings by state

Baden-Württemberg (≥70 m)

Bavaria (≥70 m)

Berlin (≥80 m)

Brandenburg (≥60 m)

Bremen (≥60 m)

Hamburg (≥70 m)

Hesse (≥80 m)

Lower Saxony (≥60 m)

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (≥50 m)

North Rhine-Westphalia (≥80 m)

Rhineland-Palatinate (≥60 m)

Saarland (≥50 m)

Saxony (≥50 m)

Saxony-Anhalt (≥50 m)

Schleswig-Holstein (≥60 m)

Thuringia (≥50 m)

See also

Notes

  1. Year completed
  2. Estimated year of completion

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