List of tallest buildings in Hamburg

Last updated December 02, 2024

This list of tallest buildings in Hamburg ranks high-rise buildings and some important landmarks that reach a height of 50 meters (164 feet). The tallest freestanding structure in the city is the 279-meter-high Heinrich-Hertz-Turm, a television tower built in 1968.

Hamburg's city centre is dominated by church towers; Hamburg is the city with the most churches taller than 100 meters. High-rise buildings, on the other hand, are found in smaller clusters in the HafenCity, at Berliner Tor in St. Georg , in the Hafenkrone in St. Pauli and in Mundsburg in Hamburg-Nord.

The criterion for skyscrapers is usually a height of 150 meters or more. So far, no Hamburg building has reached this mark, but Hamburg has made a first attempt in this direction with the Elbtower. Unfortunately, construction was halted at the end of October 2023 as the developer failed to make payments to the construction company.^[1]^[2]

Gallery

Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg & Heinrich Hertz Tower
Berliner Tor Center, St. Georg
Hafenkrone, St. Pauli
Mundsburg Towers and Alster

Rank	Name	Height m (ft)	Floors	Year completed	Use / Note
	Heinrich-Hertz-Turm	279.2 m (916 ft)		1968	Telecommunications tower, Tallest freestanding structure in Hamburg.
	St. Nikolai	147.3 m (483 ft)		1874	Tallest church tower in Hamburg. Ruin since 1943
	Köhlbrand Bridge	135 m (443 ft)		1974	Cable-stayed bridge
	St. Petri	133 m (436 ft)		1878
	St. Michaelis	132 m (433 ft)		1762
	St. Jacobi	125 m (410 ft)		1589 (Reconstructed in 1963)	Destroyed by bombing during World War II. Reconstructed with modern spire.
	St. Katharinen	116.7 m (383 ft)		1657 (Reconstructed in 1957)	Destroyed by bombing during World War II. Reconstructed with modern spire.
	Hamburg City Hall	112 m (367 ft)		1897	Second tallest city hall in Germany.
1	Elbphilharmonie	110 m (361 ft)	26	2017	Elbe Philharmonic Hall is a concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg.
2	Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg	108 m (354 ft)	32	1973	Tallest hotel building in Hamburg.
3	Columbus Haus	105 m (344 ft)	23	1997	Office, part of Hanseatic Trade Center
4	Mundsburg Turm I	101 m (331 ft)	29	1973	Residential
5	Emporio (Hamburg)	98 m (322 ft)	24	1964	Office
6	Mundsburg Turm III	97 m (318 ft)	22	1973	Residential
	St. Gertrud	93 m (305 ft)		1886
7	Mundsburg Turm II	90 m (295 ft)	26	1975	Residential
7	Berliner Tor Center III	90 m (295 ft)	22	2004	Office
7	Berliner Tor Center II	90 m (295 ft)	22	2004	Office
	St. Nikolai	89.4 m (293 ft)		1962
10	Atlantic-Haus	88 m (289 ft)	21	2007	Office
11	Geomatikum	85 m (279 ft)	20	1975	University building
11	Dancing Towers	85 m (279 ft)	24	2012	Office
13	Berliner Tor Center I	83 m (272 ft)	22	1962	Office, former police headquarters
	St. Johannis	83 m (272 ft)		1873
	St. Johannis-Harvestehude	79.5 m (261 ft)		1882
	Friedenskirche	78.3 m (257 ft)		1894
14	Kaiserhof	78 m (256 ft)	17	1963	Office
15	Wohnhochhaus Palmaille 35	75 m (246 ft)	23	1969	Residential
15	Holiday Inn Hotel Hamburg	75 m (246 ft)	18	1995	Hotel
15	Channel Tower	75 m (246 ft)	18	2003	Office
18	Motel One Hamburg-Alster	73.3 m (240 ft)	20	2010	Hotel
19	Empire Riverside Hotel	73 m (240 ft)	20	2007	Hotel
20	Gorch-Fock-Haus	72 m (236 ft)	23	1972	Residential
20	Kristall	72 m (236 ft)	20	2011	Residential
22	Hamburger Meile (Turm 1)	70 m (230 ft)	18	1970	Office
22	Wohnhochhaus Jessenstraße 4	70 m (230 ft)	16	1975	Residential
22	Astra-Turm	70 m (230 ft)	17	2007	Office
22	Watermark (Intelligent Quarters)	70 m (230 ft)	20	2018	Office
	Christuskirche	70 m (230 ft)		1965
26	Elbe-Einkaufszentrum Turm I	69 m (226 ft)	19		Residential
26	Berliner Tor 7	69 m (226 ft)	14	1970s	University building
28	Neues Steintor	65 m (213 ft)	17		Office
29	Tower am Michel (Former Hochhaus Deutscher Ring)	63 m (207 ft)	18	1964 (Refurbishment 1999)	Office
29	Hamburger Meile (Turm 2)	63 m (207 ft)	16	1970	Office
31	Kallmorgen Tower	62 m (203 ft)	17	1965	Residential
31	Hotel Hafen Hamburg	62 m (203 ft)	15	1987	Hotel
31	Achtern Born 84	62 m (203 ft)	21	1972	Residential
34	Spiegel-Gebäude	61 m (200 ft)	13	2011	Headquarters of Spiegel Gruppe
35	Mövenpick Hotel	60 m (197 ft)	19	1910 (Refurbishment 2007)	Hotel
35	Asklepios Klinik Altona	60 m (197 ft)	20	1970	Hospital
35	Grünes Zentrum I	60 m (197 ft)	16	1971	Residential
35	Grünes Zentrum II	60 m (197 ft)	16	1971	Residential
35	Grünes Zentrum III	60 m (197 ft)	16	1971	Residential
35	Fruchtallee 83	60 m (197 ft)	19		Residential
35	Philips-Deutschland-Zentrale	60 m (197 ft)	17	2005	Office, former Seat of Philips
35	Holiday Inn Hamburg City Nord	60 m (197 ft)	18	2016	Hotel
35	Konrad Wohnen	60 m (197 ft)	17	2019	Residential
35	Kap 5	60 m (197 ft)	16	2023	Office
35	Ipanema Hamburg	60 m (197 ft)	13	2024	Office
46	Arabica-Tower Hamburg	59 m (194 ft)	14	2010	Residential
46	The Crown	59 m (194 ft)	14	2024	Office, Residential
46	Fifty9 Strandkai	59 m (194 ft)	17	2024	Office, Residential
49	Flakturm IV (Hochbunker St. Pauli)	58 m (190 ft)	12	1940 (2019)	Former flak tower, additional floors added
49	AlsterCity Hamburg	58 m (190 ft)	16	1990	Office
49	Suitehotel Hamburg City	58 m (190 ft)	18	2002	Hotel
49	Studentenapartments Berliner Tor	58 m (190 ft)	18	2002	Residential
49	Marco-Polo-Tower	58 m (190 ft)	16	2010	Residential
49	Verwaltungsgebäude Hamburg Süd	58 m (190 ft)	14	1964 (refurbishment 2016)	Office
55	Niebuhr-Hochhaus	57 m (187 ft)	17	1971
55	Hanseatic Trade Center, Phase III	57 m (187 ft)	16	1996	Office
55	Cinnamon Tower	57 m (187 ft)	15	2014	Residential
55	Engel & Völkers Firmenzentrale	57 m (187 ft)	15	2019
59	VBG-Tower	56 m (184 ft)	15	2016
60	Brahms-Kontor	55 m (180 ft)	15	1931	Office
60	Hochhaus Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG	55 m (180 ft)	14	1958
60	Achter Born 86	55 m (180 ft)	19	1972	Residential
60	Überseering 35	55 m (180 ft)	13	1973	Office
60	Silo Harburg	55 m (180 ft)	15	2003	Office
60	Campus Tower	55 m (180 ft)	16	2019	Office
66	Sibeliusstraße 1	54 m (177 ft)	16	2019	Residential
66	Sibeliusstraße 2	54 m (177 ft)	16		Residential
66	Sibeliusstraße 4	54 m (177 ft)	16		Residential
66	Sibeliusstraße 5	54 m (177 ft)	16		Residential
66	SAGA-Hochhaus	54 m (177 ft)	16		Residential
66	Coffee Plaza	54 m (177 ft)	12	2010	Office
72	Kontorhaus am Großmarkt	53 m (174 ft)	14	1965	Office
73	Philosophenturm der Universität Hamburg	52 m (171 ft)	14	1963	Universiy building
73	Billstraße 84	52 m (171 ft)	14	1965	Office
73	HAW Hamburg	52 m (171 ft)	15	2002	University building
76	Finnlandhaus	51 m (167 ft)	14	1966	Office
77	Meßberghof	50 m (164 ft)	10	1924	Office
77	Springer-Hochhaus	50 m (164 ft)	14	1956	Seat of Axel Springer Verlag
77	Alster-Tower	50 m (164 ft)	15	1958	Office
77	Burmah-Haus	50 m (164 ft)	13	1960	Office
77	Falkenried Tower	50 m (164 ft)	14	2004	Residential
77	Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Wohnen	50 m (164 ft)	12	2012	Office
77	IntercityHotel Hamburg Dammtor-Messe	50 m (164 ft)	14	2014	Hotel
77	Esplanade 40	50 m (164 ft)	14	2017	Office

Under construction

Name	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors	Year
Elbtower	245	804	64	On Hold
Skysegel^[3]	73	239.5	16	2025
Präventionszentrum der Berufsgenossenschaften	69	226	19	2024
roots Hamburg^[4]	65	213	19	2024
Waterfront Towers West^[5]	60	213	14	2024
Waterfront Towers East^[6]	60	213	14	2024
EDGE Vattenfall Zentrale^[7]	57	187	15	2024
Perigon^[8]	57	187	18	2024
The Pier	55	180	14	2024
kbnk Tower Überseequartier^[9]	55	180	16	2024
AlsterGate^[10]	55	180	16	2024

Proposed

Name	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors	Year
Elbbrücken 120^[11]	110	361	28
Bahnhof Altona (South Tower)^[12]	76	249	19
Hamburg Innovation Port	75	246	20
Plaza Premium Hotel am Veritaskai	65	213	19
Kongresshotel Elbbrücken^[13]	65	213	19
Amsinckstraße 45	65	213	19
Hammer Heart^[14]	60	197	17	2027
Ehemaliges Postamt 80^[15]	60	197	18
Bahnhof Altona (North Tower)^[16]	58	190	15
Naval	57	187	15
Treetop Tower^[17]	51	167	14

Demolished

Name	Height m (ft)	Floors	Opened	Demolished
Iduna-Hochhaus	89 m (292 ft)	23	1966	1995
Hermes-Hochhaus	86 m (282 ft)	23	1981	2019–2021
Oberpostdirektion	52 m (171 ft)	12	1976	2017
Hochhaus Am Hegen 82	50 m (164 ft)	17	1963	2004
Astra-Turm	50 m (164 ft)	14	1970	2005

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External links

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[1] "Reuters:Hamburg skyscraper construction halted in grim sign for German property sector". Reuters .

[2] "Bloomberg: Billionaire Benko's Property Woes Risk Leaving Scars in Hamburg". Bloomberg. 11 November 2023.

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Frankfurt (Oder)	Oderturm (95 m)
Bochum	Exzenterhaus (88.6 m)
Jena	JenTower (144.5 m)
Nuremberg	Business Tower Nürnberg (135 m)
Bonn	Post Tower (162.5 m) Langer Eugen (115 m)
Stuttgart	Wüstenrot Tower (72 m) Tagblatt-Turm (61.2 m)
Bremen	Weser Tower (82 m) Aalto-Hochhaus (65 m)
Essen	RWE Tower (127 m) Essen City Hall (106 m)
Cologne	Cologne Tower (148.5 m) Colonia-Haus (147 m) Kölntriangle (103 m) Messeturm Köln (80 m) Hansahochhaus (65 m)
Düsseldorf	Arag-Tower (124.9 m) Dreischeibenhaus (94 m) Stadttor (75 m) Wilhelm Marx House (57 m)
Leipzig	City-Hochhaus Leipzig (142.5 m) The Westin Leipzig (96 m) Wintergartenhochhaus (95.5 m) Europahaus (56 m) Kroch High-rise (43 m)
Hamburg	Elbtower (on hold)(245 m) Elbphilharmonie (110 m) Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg (108 m) Columbus Haus (105 m) Emporio (98 m) Atlantic-Haus (88 m) Dancing Towers (85 m)
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