List of high-rise buildings in Jena

View into the center of Jena

Jena is a high-rise city. The cityscape is noticeably characterized by high-rise buildings. The high-rise buildings were created by the Carl Zeiss company , which had an outstanding position as the largest company in the city. In addition, the narrow Saale valley leads to a building in the air.

Tall buildings in the prefabricated housing estates Neulobeda and Winzerla are not listed.

Jenas office skyscrapers according to height

position	Surname	height	Floors	Year of construction	Client	owner	image
1.	JenTower	144.5 m	31	1972; tallest skyscraper in East Germany, 1972–1973 tallest skyscraper in Germany, 22 tallest skyscraper in Germany (see list of skyscrapers in Germany )	VEB Carl Zeiss Jena	Saller commercial building
(2.)	Development of the Eichplatz	max. 80 m	max 20	by 2026 at the latest	Tendering process is ongoing
(2.)	Steinweg Tower	77 m	20th	draft	GW Projects GmbH
2.	Building 59	67 m	16	1962	VEB Carl Zeiss Jena	GW Real
3.	Building 36	66 m	15th	1935	Carl Zeiss	Jenoptik AG
(4.)	Inselplatz campus	50 m		Planned	Friedrich Schiller University
4th	Building 15	42 m	11	1915; oldest skyscraper in Germany	Carl Zeiss	various

Highest office building in Jena of its time

time	Surname	height	image
1919-1935	Building 15	42 m
1935-1962	Building 36	66 m
1962-1972	Building 59	67 m
1972-present	JenTower	144.5 m

See also

• List of high-rise buildings in Germany
• List of historic high-rise buildings in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eichplatz area Jena. City administration Jena, accessed on October 30, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Conni Winkler: In Jena you aim high: building plans for 19 storeys are publicly visible. In: Thueringer-Allgemeine.de. May 30, 2019, accessed August 22, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Martin Kappel: This is what the new campus at Jena University should look like. In: Thüringen24. May 4, 2017, Retrieved September 8, 2019 .