List of tallest structures in Germany
This list gives an overview of the tallest structures in Germany . They are sorted by categories and listed with the respective height in meters (m).
For the tallest buildings with usable storeys, see the list of high-rise buildings in Germany .
Tallest structures in general
List of the tallest buildings in Germany with their absolute height, regardless of construction method and purpose:
Tallest structures according to purpose / type of construction
Towers
- Free-standing tower: Berliner Fernsehturm , Berlin, 368 m
- Concrete tower: Berliner Fernsehturm , Berlin, 368 m
- Test tower: Thyssenkrupp test tower 246 m
- Steel lattice tower : support masts of Elbe crossing 2 , Stade, 227 m (before 1972: central tower Königs Wusterhausen , Königs Wusterhausen, 243 m)
- Overhead line mast: masts of Elbe crossing 2 , Stade, 227 m
- Cooling tower: Cooling tower of Block K of the Niederaussem power plant , Bergheim / Erft: 200 m
- Steel lattice tower (transmission tower): Leipzig radio tower , Leipzig, 191 m
- Church tower: Ulm Minster , Ulm: 161 m
- Ride: Highlander, Hansa-Park, 120 meters
- Cable car support: Support II of the Eibsee cable car , Garmisch-Partenkirchen: 85 m
- Lighthouse: Campen lighthouse , camping: 65 m
- Wooden tower: Hannover-Marienwerder wind power station : 100 m (1933–1945: Mühlacker transmission tower , Mühlacker: 190 m, 1945–1948: Tegel transmission tower , Berlin: 165 m, 1948–1983: Ismaning transmission tower , Ismaning: 163 m, 2002–2012: Rottenbuch radio tower , Rottenbuch, 66 m)
Chimneys
- Chimney : Buschhaus power plant , Helmstedt: 307 m
- Chimney: Chemnitz-Nord thermal power station , Chemnitz: 302 m
- Chimney: Scholven power plant : 302 m
- Chimney: Duisburg-Walsum power plant : 300 m
- Chimney: Bergkamen power plant , 284 m
- Chimney: Gersteinwerk , Werne, 282 m
- Chimney: Ibbenbüren power plant : 275 m
- Chimney: Cologne-Merkenich thermal power station : 250 m
- Chimney: Hagenwerder power plant , Plant III, Görlitz / OT Hagenwerder: 250 m (last part blown up in 2015)
- Chimney: former Duisburg copper smelter today DK recycling yard: 250 m (200 m cast, 50 m bricked)
further chimneys below 250 m can be found in the general overview.
building
Building height without antennas
- High-rise: Commerzbank Tower , Frankfurt am Main: 259 m
- Industrial building: boiler house of block K of the Niederaussem power plant , Bergheim / Erft: 172 m
- Hotel: Westend Gate , Frankfurt am Main: 159.3 m
- Residential high-rise: Colonia-Haus , Cologne: 147 m
- Silo: Schapfenmühle , Ulm: 116 m
Guyed masts
- Formerly the highest guyed mast (grounded): Donebach transmitter masts , Mudau: 363 m (blown up in 2018)
- Highest guyed mast (isolated): Transmitter masts DHO38 , Saterland: 353 m
- Hybrid tower: TV tower Waldenburg : 145 m (dismantled in 2009)
Bridges and dams
The height of the highest pillar is indicated for all bridges
- Bridge (motorway bridge): Kochertalbrücke , Geislingen am Kocher: 178 m
- Cable-stayed bridge: Rhine bridge Düsseldorf-Flehe , Düsseldorf: 146 m
- Dam: Rappbode dam , Hasselfelde: 106 m
- Railway bridge: Müngsten bridge , spans the Wupper between Remscheid and Solingen : 69 m
- The upper limit is characterized by the position of the horizontal track along its entire length. The maximum height above the lowest point of the spanned area, the surface of the Wupper, is 107 m.
Wind turbines
Many mass-produced wind turbines can also reach total heights of 200 m and beyond to the tip of the blade. As of October 2017, a GE 3.4-137 in the natural electricity storage facility in Gaildorf was the highest wind turbine in Germany with a total height of 246.5 m. For high wind turbines, see the lists of wind turbines broken down by federal state:
Tallest structures by country
Baden-Württemberg
- Mühlacker transmitter mast Mühlacker transmitter , 273 m
- Chimneys of the Heilbronn and Altbach-Deizisau power plants, each 250 m
- Wind turbine in the natural power storage facility in Gaildorf , 246.5 m
- Thyssenkrupp test tower , 246 m, elevator test tower for express elevators from thyssenkrupp Elevator AG in Rottweil , viewing platform at a height of 232 m (highest viewing platform in Germany) and highest free-standing tower in Baden-Württemberg
- Telecommunication tower Mannheim , 217.8 m
- TV tower Stuttgart , third highest tower in Baden-Württemberg and the world's first TV tower of this type (reinforced concrete tower ), 216 m
- Ulm Minster , highest church tower in the world, 161.53 m
Bavaria
- Telecommunication tower Nuremberg , 292.80 m
- Olympic Tower Munich, 291.28 m
- Chimney Uniper power plant Ingolstadt , 200 m
- Chimney Uniper power plant Irsching , 200 m
Berlin
- Tower: Berlin TV tower , Berlin-Mitte, 368.3 m
- Transmitter mast: Scholzplatz transmitter mast , Berlin-Westend , 230 m
- Skyscraper: Treptowers , Alt-Treptow, 125 m
- Hotel: Park Inn , Berlin-Mitte, 123 m
- Church tower: Berlin Cathedral , Berlin-Mitte, 98 m
Brandenburg
- Transmitter Königs Wusterhausen (mast 17), 210 m
- Black pump power plant , 161 m
- Tropical Islands in Krausnick, 107 m
- Oderturm in Frankfurt (Oder), 88.95 m
Bremen
- Chimney power plant Bremen-Hafen , block 6, 250 m
- Telecommunication tower Bremen , 235.70 m
- Mittelbüren power plant , chimney block 4, 197 m
- Drop tower Bremen , 146 m, construction period 1988–90
- Atlantic Hotel Sail City , Bremerhaven, 140 m
- Directional radio tower Bremerhaven , 107.3 m, construction period 1962–65
- Towers of the St. Petri Cathedral in Bremen , 92 m; highest church spiers in Bremen
- Weser Tower , 82 m; designed by Helmut Jahn ; Completion 2009
Hamburg
- VHF and TV transmission mast Billwerder , 304 m
In the vicinity two more transmission masts for medium wave with a lower height (the third, 120 m high radio mast was blown up on September 14, 2011)
- TV station Heinrich-Hertz-Turm ("Tele-Michel"), 280 m
Hesse
- Telecommunication tower: Europaturm , Frankfurt am Main , 337.5 m
- Office high-rise: Commerzbank Tower , Frankfurt am Main , 300 m with antenna and base, without 259 m
- TV studio building: in the Main Tower , Frankfurt am Main , 200 m (studio use only until 2015)
- Hotel: Marriott Hotel , Frankfurt am Main , 159 m
- Grain silo: Henninger Tower , Frankfurt am Main , 120 m (demolished in 2013; was replaced by a residential tower of a similar shape)
- Residential high- rise: Eurotheum , Frankfurt am Main , 110 m
- Church tower: Kaiserdom St. Bartholomäus , Frankfurt am Main , 95 m
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Transmission mast Mueßer Holz , 273 m
- Rostock-Toitenwinkel transmitter , 245.4 m
- TV towers:
- Rostock telecommunications tower with viewing platform, 140 m
- Schwerin TV tower with viewing platform, 136 m
- Skyscrapers:
- WIRO high-rise building in Rostock , 77 m
- Hotel Neptun in Rostock-Warnemünde , 64 m
- HKB tower in Neubrandenburg , 56 m
Lower Saxony
- Transmitter masts from DHO38 , 352.8 m
- Transmission mast Gartow 2 , 344 m
- Behren-Bokel transmitter mast , 323 m
- Chimney of the Buschhaus power plant , 307 m
- Steinkimmen transmitter , 285 m
- Telemax , Hanover , 282 m
- Transmitter mast of the transmitter Harz-West , 279.8 m
- Transmitter Schleptruper Egge , Bramsche , 237 m
- Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke-Turm , Cuxhaven , 230 m
- Lingen transmitter mast , 227 m
- Chimney of the Braunschweig-Mitte thermal power station , Braunschweig , 198 m
- Telecommunication tower Lamstedt , 171 m
- Telecommunication tower Rosengarten , 161 m
- Telecommunication tower Osnabrück , 158 m
- Broitzem telecommunications tower , Braunschweig , 154.65 m
- Telemoritz , Hanover, 141 m
- Wolfsburg West thermal power station , Wolfsburg, 140 m
- Wolfsburg Nord / Süd thermal power station , Wolfsburg, 125 m
- Tower of St. Andreas Church , Hildesheim , 114.5 m
North Rhine-Westphalia
- Transmission mast Wesel , 320.8 m, transmission mast
- Scholven power station chimney , 302 m
- Transmitter Langenberg , 301 m, transmitter mast
- Chimney coal power plant Herne , 300 m
- Chimney coal power plant Duisburg-Walsum , 300 m
- Basic network transmitter Teutoburg Forest , 290 m, transmitter mast
- Chimney power plant Bergkamen , 284 m
- Chimney coal-fired power station Gersteinwerk , 282 m
- Chimney coal power plant Ibbenbüren , 275 m
- Colonius , Cologne, 266 m, telecommunications tower
- Chimney cogeneration plant Cologne-Merkenich , 250 m
- Chimney coal power plant Voerde , 250 m
- Chimney power plant Lünen , 250 m
- Rheinturm , Düsseldorf, 240.5 m, telecommunications tower
- Chimney at the Cuno power plant , 240 m
- Aachen-Stolberg transmitter , 231 m
- Telecommunications tower Münster , Münster, 229.5 m, telecommunications tower
- Florian Tower , Dortmund, 208.56 m, telecommunications tower
- Coal-fired power station Niederaussem , Bergheim, 200 m, cooling tower
- Chimney Stadtwerketurm , Duisburg, 200 m
- Coal-fired power plant Duisburg-Walsum 181 m, cooling tower
- Neurath coal-fired power station 172 m, cooling tower
- Coal-fired power plant Voerde , 165 m, cooling tower
- Post Tower , Bonn, 162.5 m, office and commercial building
- Lünen coal-fired power station 160 m, cooling tower
- Cologne Cathedral , 157 m, cathedral
- Kölnturm , Cologne, 148.1 m (without antenna), office and commercial building
- Colonia house , Cologne, 147 m (155 m with antenna), residential building
See also: List of transmitters in North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
- Eifel transmitter near Daun in the Eifel, 302 m
- Sender Koblenz (Dieblich-Naßheck) near Koblenz , 280 m
- Telecommunications tower Koblenz near Koblenz, 260.7 m
See also: List of transmitters in Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland
- Riegelsberg-Schoksberg transmitter of Deutsche Telekom AG near Riegelsberg for VHF, DAB and DVB-T, 287.03 m
Saxony
- Chimney of the Chemnitz-Nord thermal power station , 301.8 m
- TV tower Dresden , 252 m
- Chimney heating plant Altchemnitz , 225 m
- Transmitter tower, Wiederau , 212 m
- Chimney of the steel and hard cast iron works Bösdorf , Leipzig, 205 m
- Leipzig radio tower , 190.7 m
- Cooling towers of the Lippendorf power plant , 174.5 m
- Lippendorf power plant steam generator , 163 m
- City-Hochhaus Leipzig (office tower), 142 m (155 m with antenna)
- Telecommunication tower Leipzig , 132 m
- New Town Hall (Leipzig) , 114.7 m
- Dorint Kongresshotel Chemnitz , 97 m
- Hotel The Westin Leipzig 96 m
- Conservatory high-rise , 95 m, (106.8 m total height)
- Völkerschlachtdenkmal , 91 m
Saxony-Anhalt
- LW transmitter mast Burg , 324 m
- Radio tower hall , 160.5 m
- Transmitter Magdeburg (city) , 160 m
Schleswig-Holstein
Buildings from 100 m height:
- Bungsberg transmitter , 231 m, transmitter mast
- Telecommunications tower Kiel , 230 m
- Power pole at Elbe crossing 2 near Wedel , 227 m
- Transmitter Flensburg in Flensburg -Engelsby, 215 m, transmitter mast
- Telecommunications tower Bungsberg , 179 m
- Telecommunication tower Freienwill , 174 m
- Transmitter Lübeck , 158 m, telecommunications tower
- Telecommunications tower Heide , 158 m
- Telecommunication tower Bad Segeberg , 133 m
- St. Marien zu Lübeck , 125 m, church tower
- Maritim Hotel Travemünde , Lübeck, 119 m (125 m with radio masts)
- Lübeck Cathedral , 115 m
- Telecommunication tower Puttgarden , 115 m
- Transmitter Helgoland , 113 m, transmitter mast
- St. Petri Church in Lübeck , 108 m
- Telecommunication tower Bredstedt , 108 m
- Gantry crane of HDW (now German Naval yards ), Kiel , 110 m (with construction)
- Kiel Town Hall , Kiel , 106 m, tower
- Maritim Clubhotel , Timmendorfer Strand , 101 m
- St. Petri Cathedral in Schleswig , 100 m
Thuringia
- Chimneys of the Erfurt-Ost power plant , 226 m (demolished)
- Chimneys " 3 Essen " Gera-Nord, 225 m (demolished)
- Chimney, Jena thermal power station , 225 m (demolished)
- Chimney, Breitungen / Werra thermal power station , 204 m (demolished)
- JenTower office building , Jena , 144.5 m (without antenna), 159.6 m (with antenna)
Planned or under construction structures from a height of 200 m
(without wind turbines)
| Surname | height | Construction type | place | state | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millennium Tower | 369 | skyscraper | Frankfurt am Main | Hesse | The project status at the end of 2017 is a possible rescheduling with a lower amount |
| Elbtower | 233 | skyscraper | Hamburg | Hamburg | Start of construction in 2021 |
| MAX | 228 | skyscraper | Frankfurt am Main | Hesse |
Buildings from a height of 300 m that no longer exist
| Surname | Height before dismantling | Construction year | Construction type | place | state | Coordinates | Comment on dismantling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donebach transmitter | 363 m | 1982 | Guyed mast | Donebach | Baden-Württemberg |
49 ° 33 '40 "N, 9 ° 10' 23" E 49 ° 33 '34 "N, 9 ° 10' 51" E |
2 masts, inactive since January 1st, 2015, blown up on March 2nd, 2018 |
| New long wave transmission mast in Zehlendorf | 359.7 m | 1979 | Guyed mast | Oranienburg | Brandenburg | 52 ° 47 ′ 42 "N, 13 ° 23 ′ 9" E | Earthed steel truss. Carrier of a trap antenna for a long wave transmitter (frequency: 177 kHz). Replaced the old Zehlendorf long-wave transmission mast that was destroyed in an aircraft collision in 1978. Was blown up on March 25, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. |
| Radio relay system Berlin-Frohnau | 358.6 m | 1979 | Guyed mast | Berlin | Berlin | 52 ° 39 ′ 14 "N, 13 ° 17 ′ 44" E | Was blown up on February 8, 2009 |
| Old long wave transmission mast Zehlendorf | 351 m | 1962 | Guyed mast | Oranienburg | Brandenburg | 52 ° 47 ′ 42 "N, 13 ° 23 ′ 9" E | Destroyed on May 18, 1978 after an airplane collision (→ see Zehlendorf transmitter ) |
| Transmitter mast SL3 | 350 m | 1968 | Guyed mast | Castle | Saxony-Anhalt | 52 ° 16 ′ 9 ″ N, 11 ° 55 ′ 29 ″ E | Collapsed on February 18, 1976 |
| Transmitter mast of the German transmitter Herzberg / Elster | 337 m | 1939 | Guyed mast | Herzberg (Elster) | Brandenburg | 51 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ N, 13 ° 15 ′ 52 ″ E | Isolated from earth, degraded |
| Transmission mast Gartow 1 | 327 m | 1963 | Guyed mast | Gartow | Lower Saxony | 53 ° 4 ′ 8 ″ N, 11 ° 26 ′ 22 ″ E | Was blown up on August 20, 2009 |
| Chimney of the Westerholt power plant | 300 m | 1981 | chimney | Gelsenkirchen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 51 ° 36 '4 "N, 7 ° 3' 52" E | Often wrongly stated as 337 m high, blown up on December 3, 2006 |
| Chimneys of the Jänschwalde power plant | 300 m | 1989 | chimney | Peitz | Brandenburg |
51 ° 49 ′ 56 "N, 14 ° 27 ′ 11" E 51 ° 49 ′ 56 "N, 14 ° 27 ′ 26" E 51 ° 49 ′ 55 "N, 14 ° 27 ′ 41" E |
Chimneys dismantled in 2002–2007 |
| Chimney of the old Lippendorf power station | 300 m | 1967 | chimney | Lippendorf | Saxony | 51 ° 10 ′ 36 "N, 12 ° 22 ′ 35" E | Demolished in 2005 |
| Chimney of the Thierbach power plant | 300 m | ? | chimney | Aspen grove | Saxony | 51 ° 10 ′ 5 "N, 12 ° 30 ′ 29" E | Tore off |
| Chimney of the Boxberg power plant | 300 m | ? | chimney | Boxberg | Saxony |
51 ° 24 ′ 54 ″ N, 14 ° 33 ′ 42 ″ E 51 ° 24 ′ 55 ″ N, 14 ° 33 ′ 49 ″ E 51 ° 24 ′ 57 ″ N, 14 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ E 51 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ N, 14 ° 34 ′ 19 ″ E |
Demolition (2000), two demolitions (2009), demolition / demolition (2009–2012) |
| Chimney of the BASF power plant in Marl | 300 m | ? | chimney | Marl | North Rhine-Westphalia | 51 ° 41 ′ 34 "N, 7 ° 6 ′ 33" E | Demolished in 1995 |
Web links
- World Skyscraper Construction 2014 , on skyscraperpage.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ New BR transmitter mast on Hühnerberg , Bayerischer Rundfunk from March 28, 2014
- ↑ Tour through the technology from October 18, 2012 at sr-online.de (accessed on June 23, 2013)
- ↑ Extract from our reference list of reinforced concrete chimneys, on mb-abbruchtechnik.de
- ↑ 17 August 2018 by Thomas Frankin Deutsche Freizeitparks, Freizeitpark News, Top News: Hansa-Park 2019 new with Mega-Free-Fall-Tower: "Highlander" announced with a height of 120 meters. Retrieved on March 19, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Max Bögl Wind: The tallest wind turbine is near Stuttgart. Golem.de , November 4, 2017, accessed November 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Free press : Chemnitz chimney is being renovated
- ↑ Schornstein Breitungen , accessed on September 26, 2018
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