List of tallest structures in Frankfurt am Main

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This list of tallest structures in Frankfurt am Main includes the tallest buildings within the city limits of Frankfurt am Main . Due to the unusually high number of high-rise buildings in the city, for the sake of clarity these are not included here, but in the list of high-rise buildings in Frankfurt am Main .

No. Surname Height in m Construction year Building type Remarks photo
1. Europaturm 337.5 1979 Concrete tower Until the reunification in 1990, the highest building in the Federal Republic; Today's second tallest structure in Germany (without taking into account guyed masts, see list of tallest structures in Germany ) Europaturm
2. Chimney D582 167 1979 stack The chimney of the thermal power station is the tallest structure in the Höchst industrial park. The color design comes from the industrial designer Friedrich Ernst von Garnier .
3. Henninger Tower 120 1961 Grain silo Erected at the headquarters of the Henninger brewery . Highest brewery silo in the world (no longer in use since 2002) and the first building in Frankfurt to be taller than the Dom Tower . At the top there was a revolving restaurant , a viewing platform and the brewery's company museum, none of which had been open to the public since 2004. Demolition of the tower began in January 2013. On June 15, 2014, the construction of a 140 meter high residential high-rise, the New Henninger Tower , began on the Henninger Tower property . Henninger Tower
4th Imperial Cathedral of St. Bartholomew 95 1513 Church building For almost five hundred years, until the Henninger Tower was built (1960), the cathedral tower was the tallest structure in the city. After a fire in 1867, the upper half was removed and rebuilt according to the original plans. Due to a restoration, the tower was not accessible until August 2010. Imperial Cathedral of St Bartholomew
5. Dreikönigskirche 80 1880 Church building Dreikönigskirche
6th St. Mauritius Church 75 1901 Church building St. Mauritius Church
8th. Peterskirche 68 1894 Church building Peterskirche
7th DFS Tower Airport 70 2011 Airport building new airport tower
9. Commerzbank Arena 65 2005 Football stadium The stadium holds 51,500 spectators. Commerzbank Arena
10. Long Franz 60 1904 Town hall tower The current spire is a provisional construction from the post-war period. With the original spire destroyed in the air raids in March 1944, the town hall tower was around 70 meters high. Long Franz
11. Katharinenkirche 54 1681 Church building The Katharinenkirche was destroyed in the Second World War in 1944 and was finally rebuilt from 1950 to 1954. Katharinenkirche
12. Rödelheim water tower 51 1899 Water tower The building was renovated in 2003. Rödelheim water tower
13. Eschenheim Tower 47 1428 Watchtower Eschenheim Tower
14th Goethe Tower 43 1931 Wooden observation tower Until 1999 the highest publicly accessible wooden building in Germany. On the night of October 12, 2017, it was destroyed by arson. Goethe Tower
15th Castle tower Höchst 14th century Keep The tower was given a baroque dome in 1681. Castle tower Höchst
16. Bertramshof water tower 1888 Water tower Am Steinernen Stock 1, Dornbusch
17th Eschersheim water tower 1901 Water tower Am Lindenbaum, Eschersheim Eschersheim water tower
18th Bockenheimer Warte 1435 Watch tower The Gothic building was erected to reinforce the Landwehr and is the landmark of Bockenheim, although it is actually just in the Westend district. Bockenheimer Warte
19th Friedberger waiting 1478 Watch tower Friedberger waiting
20th Galluswarte 1414 Watch tower Mainzer Landstrasse, Gallus Galluswarte

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=4&id=109618
  2. ↑ http://de.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0054902
  3. ↑ http://de.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0014836

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