List of tallest buildings in Jena

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Jena "Skyline": from left to right - JenTower (144.5 m), Bau 59 (67 m), Bau 15 (42 m) and Bau 36 (66 m) Zentrum Jenas 2008-05-24.JPG
Jena "Skyline": from left to right – JenTower (144.5 m), Bau 59 (67 m), Bau 15 (42 m) and Bau 36 (66 m)

This list of tallest buildings in Jena ranks high-rise buildings that reach a height of 40 meters (130 feet). The tallest skyscraper in the city is the 144.5-meter-high JenTower, built in 1972.

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In 1915, Germany's first "skyscraper", the 42-meter-high (138-foot) Bau 15, was constructed in Jena. The building, designed by Friedrich Pützer, was used by Zeiss as a production facility. In 1936, the architects Hans Hertlein and Georg Steinmetz built a new administrative building for Zeisswerke, known as Building 36. In 1945, Allied bombing raids destroyed large parts of Jena's city center. [1]

After the end of the Second World War, the city council adopted the “Reconstruction Plan for the University City of Jena”. Construction of the high-rise research building began in 1959. On April 30, 1970, the foundation stone for the 26-storey research tower designed by Hermann Henselmann was laid in the immediate vicinity. It was inaugurated on October 2, 1972. The tower was renovated between 1999 and 2001. It was then used by Intershop Communications AG. In November 2004, the Intershop Tower was renamed the Jentower. At 144.5 meters, the tower is the tallest building in eastern Germany. [2]

RankNameImageHeight
m (ft)
FloorsYear completedUse / Note
1 JenTower JenTower, Jena 2023-1.jpg 144.5 m (474 ft)311972Tallest skyscraper in Jena, Renovated in 2001 and increased by two storeys. With antenna spire 159.6 m (524 ft) tall.
St. Michael Stadtkirche St. Michael in Jena 2008-05-24.jpg 75 m (246 ft)1557
2Bau 59 Jena-Center Uni-Mensa.JPG 67 m (220 ft)161962 (Refurbishment in 1993)Former research high-rise of the VEB Carl Zeiss Jena
3 Bau 36 Bau 36.JPG 66 m (217 ft)151935Seat of Jenoptik AG
4Bau 15 Jena Zeiss Bau 15.jpg 42 m (138 ft)111915Jena's and Germany's first "skyscraper".

Under Construction

NameHeight (m)
Height (ft)
FloorsYear
Inselplatz-Campus [3] [4] [5] 50164152025

Proposed

NameHeight (m)
Height (ft)
FloorsYear
Bebauung des Eichplatzes I [6] [7] 66.5218202027
dotSource Campus [8] [9] 6521316Unknown
Bebauung des Eichplatzes II [10] [11] 50164142027
Steinweg Tower (Quartier 22) [12] 4916115Unknown

See also

References

  1. "MDR.de:70 Jahre Kriegsende in Thüringen".
  2. "Jentower.de: Geschichte".
  3. "Uni-Jena.de: Ein Campus für alle".
  4. "Ostthüringer Zeitung: Wie es am fensterlosen Hochhaus in Jena weitergehen wird".
  5. "Ostthüringer Zeitung: Hochhaus am Inselplatz in Jena".
  6. "Eichplatzareal.de:Das Siegerkonzept".
  7. "Rathaus Jena:Eichplatz-Bebauung vor letzter entscheidender Hürde".
  8. "dotSource: dotSource Campus – Fortschritt und vorläufiger Bebauungsplan".
  9. "Rathaus Jena: dotSource Campus – Fortschritt und vorläufiger Bebauungsplan".
  10. "Eichplatzareal.de:Das Siegerkonzept".
  11. "Rathaus Jena:Eichplatz-Bebauung vor letzter entscheidender Hürde".
  12. "Immobilien Aktuell: Steinweg-Tower in Jena wird zum Quartier 22 und kleiner als geplant".