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.
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.
State | City | Name of Building | Image | Height | Floors | Year [lower-alpha 1] | Primary purpose | Previous tallest | |
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(m) | (ft) | ||||||||
Hesse | Frankfurt (Main) | Commerzbank Tower | 259 | 850 | 56 | 1997 | Office | Messeturm, 257 metres (843 ft) | |
North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn | Post Tower | 162.5 | 533 | 41 | 2002 | Office | KölnTurm, 148.5 metres (487 ft) | |
Bremen | Bremerhaven | Atlantic Hotel Sail City [1] | 147 | 482 | 23 | 2008 | Hotel | Columbus-Center I, 88 metres (289 ft) | |
Bavaria | Munich | Hochhaus Uptown München | 146 | 479 | 38 | 2004 | Office | Business Tower Nuremberg, 135 metres (443 ft) | |
Thuringia | Jena | JenTower (Intershop Tower) | 144.5 | 474 | 32 | 1972 | Office | Bau 59, 67 metres (220 ft) | |
Saxony | Leipzig | City-Hochhaus Leipzig | 142.5 | 468 | 36 | 1972 | Office | Wintergartenhochhaus (1972), 95.5 metres (313 ft) | |
Berlin | Berlin | Edge East Side Tower [2] | 142 | 466 | 36 | 2023 | Office | Park Inn Berlin & Treptowers, 125 metres (410 ft) | |
Schleswig-Holstein | Travemünde (Lübeck) | Maritim Travemünde [3] | 119 | 391 | 35 | 1974 | Hotel | Maritim Clubhotel (1974), 101 metres (331 ft) | |
Hamburg | Hamburg | Elbphilharmonie | 110 | 361 | 26 | 2017 | Concert hall, Hotel | Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg, 108 metres (354 ft) | |
Baden-Württemberg | Mannheim | Collini-Center [4] | 102 | 335 | 32 | 1975 | Residential | ||
Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz | Bonifazius-Türme [5] | 95 | 312 | 24 | 1977 | Office | Friedrich-Engelhorn-Hochhaus, 101.6 metres (333 ft) (demolished) | |
Lower Saxony | Hanover | Stadtwerke Hochhaus [6] | 92 | 302 | 23 | 1975 | Office | Lister Tor (1975), 91 metres (299 ft) | |
Brandenburg | Frankfurt (Oder) | Oderturm | 89 | 292 | 25 | 1976 | Office | ||
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock | August-Bebel-Straße 36 [7] [8] | 77 | 253 | 24 | 1970s | Residential | ||
Saxony-Anhalt | Halle (Saale) | Am Bruchsee 10 [9] | 73 | 240 | 24 | 1970s | Residential | ||
Saarland | Saarlouis | Ford-Hochhaus [10] | 65 | 213 | 23 | 1968 | Residential | ||
These future buildings, if completed, would overtake the title of the tallest building in their respective states.
State | City | Name of building | Image | Height | Floors | Year [lower-alpha 2] | Primary purpose | Status | |
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(m) | (ft) | ||||||||
Hesse | Frankfurt (Main) | Millennium Tower (Frankfurt) [11] | 288 | 945 | 70 | 2030 | Mixed-use | Approved | |
Hamburg | Hamburg | Elbtower [12] | 245 | 804 | 64 | Unknown | Mixed-use | On hold | |
Berlin | Berlin | Estrel Tower | 176 | 577 | 45 | 2025 | Hotel | Under construction | |
Bavaria | Munich | Paketposthalle Towers [13] | 155 | 509 | 39 | Unknown | Mixed-use | Proposed | |
Baden-Württemberg | Fellbach | Schwabenlandtower [14] | 107 | 351 | 34 | Unknown | Residential | On hold | |
Saxony-Anhalt | Halle (Saale) | Hochhaus am Zukunftszentrum [15] | 90 | 296 | 2028/29 | Proposed | |||
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock | City-Tower [16] | 80 | 263 | 18 | 2026/27 | Residential | Approved | |
Saarland | Saarbrücken | Am Schanzenberg [17] | 70 | 230 | 16 | Unknown | Office | Proposed |
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