List of tallest buildings in Dortmund

Last updated October 06, 2024

Sparkasse-Hochhaus and RWE-Tower in the city center Dortmund-0056-City-Sparbuechse.jpg — Sparkasse-Hochhaus and RWE-Tower in the city center

This list of tallest buildings in Munich ranks high-rise buildings and important landmarks that reach a height of 50 meters (164 feet). The tallest structure in the city is the 209-meter-high Florianturm, a television tower built in 1959.

Two smaller clusters of tall buildings have emerged in Dortmund. Once in the city center opposite the main train station with RWE-Tower, Sparkassen-Hochhaus, IWO-Hochhaus & Hardenberg City-Center and once at Westfalenpark, with Florianturm, Telekom Hochhaus and RWE Hochhaus. Over the next few years, the cluster at the main station is expecting two new additions of 60 meters each. One high-rise building at Burgtor and one at the old Deutsche Bahn administration building.

Rank	Name	Height m (ft)	Floors	Year completed	Use / Note
	Florianturm	208.56 m (684 ft)		1959	Telecommunications tower, Tallest structure in Dortmund. From 1959 to 2004 - 219.3 m (719 ft) tall
	St. Peter's Church, Dortmund	105 m (344 ft)		1322
	St. Reinold's Church, Dortmund	104 m (341 ft)		1520	from 1520 to 1661 - 119 m (390 ft) tall
1	RWE-Tower	91 m (299 ft)	22	2005	Tallest building in Dortmund, Height to tip 100 m (328 ft)
2	Telekom-Hochhaus (Dortmund)	88 m (289 ft)	23	1981	Former Seat of Oberpostdirektion Dortmund (Chief Postal Directorate), Today Telekom
3	Westfalentower	86 m (282 ft)	22	2010	Office
4	Harenberg City-Center	70 m (230 ft)	21	1994	Seat of "Harenberg Verlag" (Publisher) and other offices
5	Dortmunder U	70 m (230 ft)	7	1926	Dortmund's Union Brewery, conversion into a creative center.
6	Sparkassen-Hochhaus	67 m (220 ft)	17	1969	Seat of Sparkasse Dortmund
7	IWO-Hochhaus	66 m (217 ft)	19	1966	Office, Former Seat of Signal-Versicherungen
8	Mathetower	60 m (197 ft)	11	1968	Technical University of Dortmund
9	Ellipson	60 m (197 ft)	18	2020
10	Volkswohl Bund Hochhaus	60 m (197 ft)	16	2010	Seat of Volkswohl-Bund Versicherungen.
11	Wohnhochhaus Heiligegartenstraße	60 m (197 ft)	18	1971	Residential
12	Wohnhochhäuser Hannibal II	60 m (197 ft)	18	1975	Residential
13	Wohnhochhaus Clarenberg	60 m (197 ft)	17	1973	Residential
14	Dreier-Hochhaus	54 m (177 ft)	15		Seat of Dreier company
15	RWE Hochhaus am Rheinlanddamm	50 m (164 ft)	14	1972	RWE
16	Wohnhochhäuser Hannibal I	50 m (164 ft)	14	1972	Residential

Proposed

Name	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors	Year
Hochhaus am Hauptbahnhof^[1]^[2]	60	213	18	2028
Quartier Burgtor^[3]	60	213	20	2028

Demolished

Name	Image	Height m (ft)	Floors	Opened	Demolished
Wohnhochhaus an der Kielstraße		60 m (197 ft)	18	1969	Residential
Volkswohl-Bund-Hochhaus		60 m (197 ft)	14	1973	Former Seat of Volkswohl-Bund Versicherungen, Demolished in 2008

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[1] "WAZ:Spektakuläres Hochhaus am Dortmunder Hauptbahnhof geplant".

[2] "Stadt Dortmund: Gestaltung am Nordeingang des Hauptbahnhofs könnte günstiger werden".

[3] "Ruhr24: Dortmund baut Mega-Projekt: Nordstadt bekommt 60 Meter-Hochhaus".

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