List of high-rise buildings in Cologne

This list of high-rise buildings in Cologne includes residential, commercial and office buildings ( i.e. no broadcasting or church towers) that reach or exceed a height of 50 meters without superstructures. When it was completed in 1925, the Hansa high-rise was for a short time the highest high-rise in Europe. At the moment, the largest skyscraper in Cologne is the Kölnturm . The tallest structure in Cologne is the Colonius television tower at 266 meters, followed by Cologne Cathedral at 157.38 meters.

A height of 150 meters or more is usually assumed as the criterion for skyscrapers . So far, none of Cologne's high-rises has reached this mark; the tallest skyscraper in North Rhine-Westphalia, the 162.5-meter-high Post Tower, is in neighboring Bonn .

The “ height concept ” of the city of Cologne from May 2007 stipulates that new buildings between the left bank of the Rhine and the outer edge of the Cologne ring may not be higher than 22.50 meters. Outside the rings, several high-rise buildings have been proposed in urban development plans, and there are also corresponding projects in the Deutz district .

No.	building	address	use	Opened	m	Floors	image
1.	Kölnturm	Neustadt-Nord Mediapark 8	offices	2001	148.5	43
2.	Colonia House was the tallest building in Germany from 1973 to 1976	Cologne-Riehl At the Schanz 2	Apartments commercial	1973	147	45
3.	Funkhaus am Raderberggürtel former headquarters of Deutsche Welle	Cologne-Marienburg Raderberggürtel	Vacancy dismantling is planned for 2019	1980	138	34
4th	Uni Center	Cologne-Sülz	Apartments	1973	133	42
5.	TÜV Rheinland tower	Cologne-Poll Am Grauen Stein	offices	1974	112	22nd
6th	Ring tower	Neustadt-Nord Theodor-Heuss-Ring 1	Apartments	1973	109	26th
7th	Justice Center Cologne	Cologne-Sülz Luxemburger Strasse 101	Court offices	1981	105	25th
8th.	Cologne triangle	Cologne-Deutz Ottoplatz 1	Offices viewing platform	2006	103.2	29
9.	Hercules skyscraper	Cologne-Neuehrenfeld Graeffstr. 1	Apartments	1969	102	31
10.	DLF broadcasting house	Cologne-Marienburg Raderberggürtel	Radio studios offices	1975	102	19th
11.	Deutsche Telekom AG	Cologne-Neustadt-Nord Innere Kanalstrasse	offices		99	19th
12.	Rheinsternhaus	Neustadt-Nord Mevissenstrasse 16	Apartments		96	27
13.	formerly Deutsche Lufthansa	Cologne-Deutz	Conversion to the " Lanxess Tower " completed in 2013	1969	95	19th
14th	University hospital ward building	Cologne-Lindenthal	Patient room	1971	89	23
15th	DKV insurance (head office)	Cologne-Braunsfeld	offices	1966	84	19th
16.	Exhibition tower	Cologne-Deutz	in work	1928	80
17th	Dormitory at the sports university	Cologne-Müngersdorf	Apartments	1973	77	27
18th	Residential high-rise Bonner Strasse 211	Cologne-Bayenthal	Apartments	1971	76	26th
19th	West center	Cologne-Bickendorf Venloer Strasse 601–603	Apartments commercial	1973	74	25th
20th	Krohstrasse 4 Allianz residential park	Cologne-Bayenthal	Apartments	1973	73	25th
21st	High-rise residential building on Kierbergerstrasse	Cologne-Zollstock Kierberger Strasse 15	Apartments	1965	70	23
22nd	Residential high-rise An der Schanz 1	Cologne-Riehl An der Schanz 1 View from the rear on Riehler Straße, on the left the house Riehler Straße 200	Apartments	1976	70	23
23.	High-rise residential building In der Kreuzau 2–4	Cologne-Poll In der Kreuzau 2-4	Apartments	1973	68	23
24.	"Opal" residential tower	Cologne-Mülheim At the Faulbach	Apartments	2018	67	20th
25th	Hansa high-rise	Neustadt-Nord Hansaring	Saturn radio studio hotel	1925	65	17th
26th	ABC tower	Cologne-Gremberghoven Ettore-Bugatti-Strasse 6-14	offices	2003	65	17th
27.	Crane houses	Altstadt-Süd Im Zollhafen, Rheinauhafen	Apartments offices	2008 , 2009	62	17th
28.	Residential high-rise Krohstraße 2, right building in the photo	Cologne-Bayenthal Krohstrasse 2	Apartments	1973	61	21st
29	Riehler Strasse 200 residential high-rise	Cologne-Riehl Riehler Strasse 200	Apartments	1976	61	19th
30th	Exhibition tower, the seat of koelnmesse since 2005	Cologne-Mülheim Messeplatz 1, Deutz-Mülheimer-Strasse 111	Offices formerly KHD high-rise	1964	61	15th
31.	Ring square	Neustadt-Nord Hohenzollernring		2001	58	17th
32.	Residential high-rise Wiener Platz 2 (Bull high-rise)	Cologne-Mülheim Wiener Platz 2	Apartments	1960	57	19th
33.	Gerling high-rise	Altstadt-Nord Gereonshof	offices	1953	56	15th
34.	Deutsche Telekom (formerly Fernmeldeamt 2)	Altstadt-Süd Neuköllner Strasse	offices	1965	55	18th
35.	DKV -new building	Cologne-Braunsfeld	offices	2005	55	14th
36.	LVR house (formerly Ford administration)	Cologne-Deutz Ottoplatz 2	offices	1966	54	16
37.	Formerly the high-rise of the Provinzial-Versicherung	Neustadt-Süd Habsburgerring 9-13	used as a hotel since 1988	1962	48	11
38.	Residential high-rise Hazelnussweg	Cologne-Heimersdorf Haselnussweg 1		1966	44	16
39.	Residential high-rise Wienerweg	Cologne-Junkersdorf Wienerweg & Stüttgerhofweg	Apartments practices offices	1971		17th
40.	Residential high-rise An der Fuhr 4 and 5 (previously: On the Kölnberg )	Cologne-Meschenich An der Fuhr 4 and 5	260 apartments each	1974		26th

See also

• List of the tallest structures in Cologne
• List of high-rise buildings in Germany
• List of high-rise buildings in Berlin
• List of high-rise buildings in Bonn
• List of high-rise buildings in Bremen
• List of high-rise buildings in Dortmund
• List of high-rise buildings in Düsseldorf
• List of skyscrapers in Essen
• List of high-rise buildings in Frankfurt am Main
• List of high-rise buildings in Hamburg
• List of high-rise buildings in Hanover
• List of high-rise buildings in Leipzig
• List of skyscrapers in Munich
• List of skyscrapers in Nuremberg
• List of high-rise buildings in Stuttgart

Web links

Commons : High-rises in Cologne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Towers are being dismantled: demolition of the Deutsche Welle building no longer planned . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , September 12, 2018. Accessed November 3, 2018.