Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the few European cities with a large cluster of high rise buildings in its downtown area. In many other European cities, skyscraper construction was not well received in the past due to the historical value of existing buildings. For this reason, Frankfurt is sometimes referred to as "Mainhattan" (a portmanteau of the local Main river and Manhattan), and Chicago am Main. [1] [2] [3] The 15 tallest buildings in Germany are located in Frankfurt.
The tallest structure in Frankfurt is the Europaturm, which rises 337 metres (1,106 ft). [4] However, the tower is not generally considered a high-rise building as it does not have successive floors that can be occupied. The tallest habitable building in Frankfurt is the Commerzbank Tower, which rises 259 metres (850 ft) and has 56 floors. [5] As of December 2024, it is the 22nd-tallest building in Europe and the second tallest building in the European Union.
Most of Frankfurt's downtown area was destroyed by Allied air bombardment during World War II, and only a small number of the city's landmarks were rebuilt. [6] This left ample room for and little opposition against the construction of modern high-rises in the city. Frankfurt went through a first high-rise building boom in the 1970s; during this time, the city saw the construction of nine buildings over 100 metres (330 ft). In the 1990s, Frankfurt went through another building boom, with eight buildings over 100 metres (330 ft) completed, including four of five 200 metres (660 ft) skyscrapers. Since 2000, Frankfurt has been experiencing a continuous building boom, starting with 5 (2000-2009), 7 (2010-2019) and probably 13 (2020-2029). As of 2024 [update] , the city has 20 buildings which rise at least 150 metres (490 ft) in height, more than any other city in Germany.
The increasing demand for real estate, the exit of Great Britain from the European Union and the favorable economic development in Germany led to a new "boom" in high-rise construction from 2015 onwards. In addition to the 185-meter-high new building of the European Central Bank, high-rise projects such as the Omniturm, the Maintor site and the development of the former Deutsche Bank site with four high-rises between 120 and 228 meters embody this development. With the 180-meter-high Grand Tower, Germany's tallest residential high-rise has been located in Frankfurt am Main since its completion in 2020. [7] [8]
There are several proposed and approved plans for new skyscrapers, including Millennium Tower I, 288 metres (945 ft), Das Präsidium, 175 metres (574 ft), Millennium Tower II, 157 metres (515 ft).
This lists ranks the tallest buildings in Frankfurt that stand at least 100 metres (328 ft) tall. Only habitable building are ranked which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, steeples, chimneys and other tall architectural structures. These buildings are included for comparison.
Rank | Name | Image | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Floors | Location | Year | Notes |
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Europaturm | 337.5 | 1,107.3 | Ginnheimer Stadtweg 90, Bockenheim | 1979 | Television tower. Second-tallest structure in Germany after the Fernsehturm Berlin. Nickname is Ginnheimer Spargel (Ginnheim Asparagus). | |||
1 | Commerzbank Tower | 258.7 | 849.7 | 56 | Große Gallusstraße 17–19, Innenstadt | 1997 | Tallest building in Europe from 1997 to 2003. Tallest building in the European Union from 1997 to 2011. Tallest building in Germany since 1997. Tallest building completed in the 1990s. [5] [9] Height including the antenna is 300 metres. Headquarters of Commerzbank. | |
2 | Messeturm | 256.5 | 841.5 | 63 | Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49, Westend-Süd | 1990 | Tallest building in Europe from 1990 to 1997. [10] [11] Main tenants are Goldman Sachs and Thomson Reuters. | |
3 | Four I [A] | 233.0 [12] | 764.4 | 59 | Große Gallusstraße 10-14, Innenstadt | 2023 | Topped out has the highest habitable floor of any building in Frankfurt, ignoring mechanical floors. [13] | |
4 | Westendstraße 1 | 208.0 | 682.4 | 53 | Westendstraße 1, Westend-Süd | 1993 | Headquarters of DZ Bank. [14] [15] | |
5= | Main Tower | 200.0 | 656.2 | 55 | Neue Mainzer Straße 52–58, Innenstadt | 1999 | Height including the antenna is 240 metres. Main tenants are Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen and Standard & Poor's. [16] [17] | |
5= | Tower 185 | 200.0 | 656.2 | 55 | Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 35–37, Gallus | 2011 | Main tenant is PricewaterhouseCoopers. | |
7 | ONE | 190.9 | 626 | 49 | Osloer Straße | 2022 | Mixed use with Hotel (NH Hotel Group) & Office. At a height of 185 meters, there is a public bar with a surrounding roof terrace. | |
8 | Omniturm | 189.9 | 623 | 45 | Große Gallusstraße 16–18 | 2020 | Mixed use tower. | |
9 | Trianon | 186.0 | 610.2 | 45 | Mainzer Landstraße 16–24, Westend-Süd | 1993 | Main tenant is DekaBank. [18] [19] | |
10 | Seat of the European Central Bank | 185.0 | 607.0 | 45 | Sonnemannstraße/Rückertstraße, Ostend | 2014 | New seat of the European Central Bank. Height including the antenna is 201 metres. [20] | |
11 | Grand Tower | 179.9 [21] | 590.2 | 51 | Osloer Straße/Europa-Allee, Gallus | 2020 | Tallest residential building in Germany | |
12 | Four II | 178.0 | 583.9 | 47 | Große Gallusstraße, Innenstadt | 2025 | Topped out. Second tallest residential building in Germany. | |
13= | Opernturm | 170.0 | 557.7 | 42 | Bockenheimer Landstraße 2–4, Westend-Süd | 2009 | Main tenant is UBS. | |
13= | Taunusturm | 170.0 | 557.7 | 40 | Taunustor 1-3, Innenstadt | 2014 | The project developer is real estate building and operating company Tishman Speyer. | |
15 | Silberturm | 166.3 | 545.6 | 32 | Jürgen-Ponto-Platz 1, Bahnhofsviertel | 1978 | Tallest building in Germany from 1978 to 1991. [22] [23] Former headquarters of Dresdner Bank which merged with Commerzbank in 2009. Main tenant is now Deutsche Bahn . | |
16 | Westend Gate | 159.3 | 522.6 | 47 | Hamburger Allee 2–4, Westend-Süd | 1976 | Tallest building in Germany from 1976 to 1978. Main tenant is Marriott Frankfurt Hotel. [24] [25] | |
17= | Deutsche Bank I | 155.0 | 508.5 | 40 | Taunusanlage 12, Westend-Süd | 1984 | Tallest twin towers in Frankfurt, also tallest building completed in the 1980s. [26] [27] Headquarters of Deutsche Bank. Their nicknames are Soll und Haben (Asset and Liability). | |
17= | Deutsche Bank II | 155.0 | 508.5 | 38 | Taunusanlage 12, Westend-Süd | 1984 | Tallest twin towers in Frankfurt, also tallest building completed in the 1980s. [27] [28] Headquarters of Deutsche Bank. Their nicknames are Soll und Haben (Asset and Liability). | |
17= | Marienturm | 155.0 | 508.5 | 37 | Taunusanlage 9–10, Bahnhofsviertel | 2019 | Main tenant is Goldman Sachs | |
20 | Skyper | 153.8 | 504.6 | 38 | Taunusanlage 1, Bahnhofsviertel | 2004 | Main tenant is DekaBank. [29] [30] | |
21 | Eurotower | 148.0 | 485.6 | 39 | Willy-Brandt-Platz 2, Innenstadt | 1977 | Headquarters of the European Central Bank. The ECB is currently building new and larger headquarters (Seat of the European Central Bank). [31] [32] | |
22 | One Forty West | 145.0 [33] | 475.7 | 41 | Senckenberganlage 15, Westend-Süd | 2020 | Mixed use (Hotel, Residential) | |
23 | Frankfurter Büro Center | 142.4 | 467.2 | 40 | Mainzer Landstraße 46, Westend-Süd | 1980 | Main tenant is Clifford Chance. [34] [35] | |
24 | City-Haus | 142.1 | 466.2 | 42 | Platz der Republik 6, Westend-Süd | 1974 | Main tenant is DZ Bank. [36] [37] | |
25 | Henninger Turm | 140.0 | 459.3 | 40 | Sachsenhausen | 2017 | ||
26= | Gallileo | 136.0 | 446.2 | 38 | Gallusanlage 7, Bahnhofsviertel | 2003 | Main tenant is Commerzbank. [38] [39] | |
26= | Nextower | 136.0 | 446.2 | 34 | Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz 6, Innenstadt | 2010 | ||
28 | Pollux | 130.0 | 426.5 | 33 | Platz der Einheit 1, Gallus | 1997 | [40] [41] | |
29 | The Spin | 128.0 | 420.0 | 31 | Gallus, Güterplatz | 2022 | ||
30 | Four III [A] | 128.0 | 420.0 | 30 | Junghofstraße, Innenstadt | 2023 | Topped out [13] | |
31 | Garden Tower | 127.0 | 416.7 | 25 | Neue Mainzer Straße 46-50, Innenstadt | 1976 | [42] [43] | |
32 | Messe Torhaus | 117.0 | 383.9 | 30 | Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, Bockenheim | 1985 | [44] [45] | |
33= | Japan Center | 115.0 | 377.3 | 27 | Taunustor 2, Innenstadt | 1996 | [46] [47] | |
33= | Park Tower | 115.0 | 377.3 | 29 | Bockenheimer Anlage 46, Westend-Süd | 1972 | Main tenant is Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. [48] [49] | |
35 | Westhafen Tower | 112.3 | 368.4 | 31 | Westhafenplatz 1, Gutleutviertel | 2003 | Main tenant is the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) [50] [51] | |
36 | IBC Tower | 112.0 | 367.5 | 30 | Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70, Bockenheim | 2003 | [52] [53] | |
37= | Büro Center Nibelungenplatz | 110.0 | 360.9 | 27 | Nibelungenplatz 3, Nordend-West | 1966 | [54] [55] | |
37= | Eurotheum | 110.0 | 360.9 | 31 | Neue Mainzer Straße 66–68, Innenstadt | 1999 | [56] [57] | |
37= | WinX | 110.0 | 360.9 | 30 | Neue Mainzer Straße 6–12, Innenstadt | 2019 | Part of the Maintor area which includes several buildings and two smaller highrises. [58] | |
40 | Neue Mainzer Straße 32-36 | 108.6 | 356.3 | 28 | Neue Mainzer Straße 32-36, Innenstadt | 1973 | Main tenant is the European Central Bank due to lack of space in the bank's headquarters Eurotower. | |
41 | Senckenberg Turm | 106.0 | 348 | 26 | Robert Mayer Straße 5 | 2022 | ||
42= | Four IV | 104.0 | 341.2 | 25 | Junghofstraße, Innenstadt | 2023 [13] | ||
42= | Leonardo Royal Hotel Frankfurt | 100.0 | 328.1 | 25 | Mailänder Straße 1, Sachsenhausen-Süd | 1972 | ||
44 | Eden Frankfurt | 96.5 | 317 | 29 | Europa Allee 11, Gallus | 2022 | ||
MainTor Porta | 70 | 230 | 18 | Neue Mainzer Straße 20, Innenstadt | 2014 | |||
MainTor Panorama | 64 | 210 | 17 | Neue Mainzer Straße 20, Innenstadt | 2015 |
Name | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Floors | Location | Year (est.) |
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Central Business Tower | 205.0 | 672.5 | 52 | Neue Mainzer Straße 57-59, Innenstadt | 2028 |
Sparda-Bank Tower | 124.0 | 407.0 | 35 | Robert-Mayer-Straße | 2025 |
Name | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Floors | Location | Year (est.) | Notes |
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Millennium Tower 1 | 288.0 | 944.9 | 69 | Osloer Straße | 2030 | |
Kaiserkarree [59] [60] | 195.0 | 639.7 | Kaiserstraße/Neuer Mainzer Straße | 2029 | The skyscraper is to grow out of an existing listed building at Kaiserstrasse 30. | |
Das Präsidium [61] | 175.0 | 574.1 | 48 | Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 5-11, Gallus | 2030 | |
Millennium Tower 2 | 157.0 | 515.0 | 43 | Osloer Straße | 2030 | |
Icoon [62] [63] | 140.0 | 459.3 | 41 | Hafenstraße/Adam-Riese-Straße, Gallus | Planned as an addition to the neighbouring Commerzbank Trading Center Tower (93 metres). | |
Matthäuskirche Tower | 130.0 | 426.5 | Friedrich-Ebert Anlage 33, Gallus | The tower is planned on a property behind a church, the Matthäuskirche, because the owning church wants to sell the whole site. The church can be partly integrated into the new building. The plans were approved in 2008 by the city. | ||
NION [64] [65] | 106.0 | 347.8 | Europa-Allee, Gallus | Architect: UNStudio |
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Frankfurt.
Years as tallest | Name | Image | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Floors | Location | Notes |
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1997–present | Commerzbank Tower | 259.0 | 849.7 | 56 | Große Gallusstraße 17–19, Innenstadt | Tallest building in Europe from 1997 to 2003. Tallest building in the European Union from 1997 to 2011 and again since 2020. Tallest building in Germany since 1997. Tallest building completed in the 1990s. [5] [9] Height including the antenna is 300 metres. Headquarters of Commerzbank. | |
1990–1997 | Messeturm | 256.5 | 841.5 | 63 | Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49, Westend-Süd | Tallest building in Europe from 1990 to 1997. [10] [11] Main tenants are Goldman Sachs and Thomson Reuters. | |
1978–1990 | Silberturm | 166.3 | 545.6 | 32 | Jürgen-Ponto-Platz 1, Bahnhofsviertel | Tallest building in Germany from 1978 to 1990. [22] [23] Former headquarters of Dresdner Bank which merged with Commerzbank in 2009. Main tenant is now Deutsche Bahn . | |
1976–1978 | Westend Gate | 159.3 | 522.6 | 47 | Hamburger Allee 2–4, Westend-Süd | Tallest building in Germany from 1976 to 1978. Main tenant is Marriott Frankfurt Hotel. [24] [25] | |
1974–1976 | City-Haus | 142.1 | 466.2 | 42 | Platz der Republik 6, Westend-Süd | Main tenant is DZ Bank. [36] [37] | |
1972–1974 | AfE-Turm | 116.0 | 380.6 | 32 | Robert-Mayer-Straße 5-7, Westend-Süd | Demolished in 2014. [66] [67] [68] |
Commerzbank Tower is a 56-story, 259 m (850 ft) skyscraper in the banking district of Frankfurt, Germany. An antenna spire with a signal light on top gives the tower a total height of 300.1 m (985 ft). It is the tallest building in Frankfurt and the tallest building in Germany. It had been the tallest building in Europe from its completion in 1997 until 2003, when it was surpassed by the Triumph-Palace in Moscow. Since the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the tower had briefly reclaimed its position as the tallest building in the European Union only to lose the title again in 2021 when Poland's Varso Tower topped out. The Commerzbank Tower is only two metres taller than the Messeturm, which is also located in Frankfurt and was the tallest building in Europe before the construction of the Commerzbank Tower.
Henninger Turm was a grain storage silo located in the Sachsenhausen-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. It was built by Henninger Brewery and had a storage capacity of 16,000 tons of barley. The 120-metre (390 ft), 33-storey, reinforced concrete tower was designed by Karl Lieser and was built from 1959 to 1961. It was inaugurated on 18 May 1961. It was demolished in 2013. Until 1974 it was the tallest building in Frankfurt, and it remained the tallest storage silo in the world until its demolition.
The Messeturm, or Trade Fair Tower, is a 63-storey, 257 m (843 ft) skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is the second tallest building in Frankfurt, the second tallest building in Germany and the third tallest building in the European Union. It was the tallest building in Europe from its completion in 1990 until 1997 when it was surpassed by the Commerzbank Tower, which is also located in Frankfurt.
Gallileo is a 38-storey 136 m (446 ft) skyscraper in the Bahnhofsviertel district of Frankfurt, Germany. It was built from 1999 to 2003.
OpernTurm is a 43-storey 170 m (560 ft) skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. The property is situated opposite Alte Oper on the corner of Bockenheimer Landstraße and Bockenheimer Anlage. The building was designed by Christoph Mäckler. The project developer was Tishman Speyer, a US firm that previously built the Sony Center in Berlin and the Messeturm in Frankfurt.
Frankfurter Büro Center, also known as FBC, is a 40-storey, 142 m (466 ft) skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. It was designed by architect Richard Heil from Frankfurt. The building's anchor tenant is the international law firm Clifford Chance.
AfE-Turm was a 38-storey, 116 m (381 ft) skyscraper in the Westend district of Frankfurt, Germany. It was the tallest building in Frankfurt from 1972-1974.
TaunusTurm is the project name for a complex of two buildings, a 170 m (560 ft) skyscraper and a 63 m (207 ft) high-rise residential building, in Frankfurt, Germany. The site is located in Frankfurt's financial district, the Bankenviertel, at the corner of Neue Mainzer Straße and Taunustor. The site borders a park named Taunusanlage, which gave the tower its name. The buildings were designed by architecture firm Gruber + Kleine-Kraneburg. The project developer is real estate building and operating company Tishman Speyer which also built the Messeturm and the Opernturm in Frankfurt. The start of construction was in April 2011 and the first tenants moved in February 2014.
ONE also known as Skyline Plaza 1 is a mixed-use skyscraper in the Gallus district of Frankfurt, Germany. Built between 2017 and 2022, the tower stands at 190.9 m (626 ft) tall with 49 floors and is the current 7th tallest building in Frankfurt and Germany. It is also part of the Skyline Plaza project.
The Spin is a mixed-use high-rise building in the Gallus district of Frankfurt, Germany. Built between 2018 and 2023, the tower stands at 128 m (420 ft) tall with 31 floors and is the current 29th tallest building in Frankfurt.
The Global Tower also known as the Commerzbank AG is a high-rise office building in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. Built between 1970 and 1973, the tower stands at 108.6 m (356 ft) tall with 29 floors and is the current 40th tallest building in Frankfurt.
Eden Frankfurt is a high-rise residential building in the Gallus district of Frankfurt, Germany. Built between 2018 and 2022, the tower stands at 96.5 m (317 ft) with 29 floors and is the current 44th tallest building in Frankfurt.