List of the tallest sacred buildings in Germany

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The list of the tallest sacred buildings in Germany includes buildings with a height of at least 75 meters. The list may not be complete.

List of the tallest sacred buildings in Germany

Height in m Building completion place state Remarks
161.5 Ulm Minster 1890 Ulm Baden-Württemberg Highest church tower in the world. Viewing platform at a height of 143 m.
157.4 Cologne cathedral 1880 Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
147.3 Former main church St. Nikolai 1874 Hamburg Hamburg since the bombing in 1943 only the tower remains
132.2 Main Church of St. Petri 1878 Hamburg Hamburg
132.1 Main church St. Michaelis 1786 Hamburg Hamburg
132.0 Nikolaikirche 1312 Rostock Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania destroyed in a storm in 1703, today's tower height: 65 meters
130.1 St. Martin 1500 Landshut Bavaria Tallest church tower made of bricks
125.4 Main church St. Jacobi 1962 Hamburg Hamburg
125.0 Marienkirche 1350 Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein
120.0 Nikolaikirche 1508 Wismar Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Tower collapsed on December 8, 1703 during a storm, today's height: 64 meters
117.5 Schwerin Cathedral 1892 Schwerin Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
117.0 Petrikirche 1577 Rostock Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
116.7 Main Church of St. Catherine 1657 Hamburg Hamburg
116.0 Freiburg Minster 1330 Freiburg Baden-Württemberg
114.7 Lübeck Cathedral 1341 Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein
114.5 St. Andrew 1890 Hildesheim Lower Saxony
113.0 Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church 1895 Berlin-Charlottenburg Berlin Today ruin monument, height: 71 meters
112.0 Jakobikirche 1894 Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein
111.2 Schleswig Cathedral 1894 Schleswig Schleswig-Holstein
111.0 Petrikirche 1853 Berlin center Berlin destroyed in WWII
108.7 St. Johannis 1408 Luneburg Lower Saxony
108.2 Petrikirche 1894 Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein
106.0 Salvator Church 1415 Duisburg North Rhine-Westphalia Destroyed in 1467, today's height: 62.5 meters
105.0 Petrikirche 1322 Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia
105.0 Regensburg Cathedral 1856 regensburg Bavaria
105.0 George Church 1898 Berlin center Berlin Blown up in 1949
104.0 Reinoldikirche 1954 Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia from 1520 to 1661 119 meters high
104.0 Magdeburg Cathedral 1520 Magdeburg Saxony-Anhalt
104.0 St. Mary's Church 1478 Stralsund Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania from 1549 to 1647 151 meters high
103.0 Katharinenkirche 1430 Osnabrück Lower Saxony
103.0 Nikolaikirche Anklam Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Destroyed by shell bombardment on April 29, 1945, today's height: 58 meters
102.6 St. Nicholas Church around 1350 Stralsund Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
102.5 St. Anthony's Basilica 1905 Rheine North Rhine-Westphalia
102.0 St. Otger 1892 City wages North Rhine-Westphalia destroyed in March 1945, today 74 m high
102.0 Sacred Heart Church 1907 Dusseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia Peak destroyed by a tornado on May 17, 1945, today 56.43 m high
100.0 Memorial Church 1904 Speyer Rhineland-Palatinate
100.0 Marienkirche 1888 Anklam Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Destroyed in 1943, today's height: 64 meters
100.0 Eisenach Cathedral 1330 Eisenach Thuringia canceled
100.0 St. Peter and Paul Eltville Hesse Peak destroyed by lightning strike in 1683, today's height: 67 meters
99.9 St. Nikolai Cathedral 1653 Greifswald Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
99.5 woman Church 1525 Munich Bavaria
99.3 St. Ludgerus 1898 Billerbeck North Rhine-Westphalia
99.0 St. Nicomedes 1889 Steinfurt-Borghorst North Rhine-Westphalia
98.0 Berlin Cathedral 1905 Berlin center Berlin Height before World War II: 116 meters
98.0 Market Church 1862 Wiesbaden Hesse
98.0 St. Martin 1534 On the mountain Bavaria
98.0 St. Ansgarii 1243 Bremen Bremen destroyed in WWII
97.3 Market Church 14th Century Hanover Lower Saxony
96.5 Salvator Church 1904 Duisburg North Rhine-Westphalia Destroyed in World War II, today's height: 62.5 meters
96.0 St. Pius Church 1894 Berlin-Friedrichshain Berlin destroyed in World War II, today 66 meters high
95.3 Willibrordi Cathedral 1540 Wesel North Rhine-Westphalia
95.1 Imperial Cathedral 1877 Frankfurt Hesse
94.6 Sacred Heart Church 1900 Muenster North Rhine-Westphalia
94.2 Holy Cross Church 1886 Munich Bavaria
94.0 Kreuzkirche 1788 Dresden inner old town Saxony
93.8 Paderborn Cathedral 13th Century Paderborn North Rhine-Westphalia
93.5 Ortisei and Afra 1594 augsburg Bavaria
93.0 Mariahilfkirche 1839 Munich Bavaria
93.0 Provost church of St. Augustine Gelsenkirchen North Rhine-Westphalia
93.0 Matthias Church 1895 Berlin-Schöneberg Berlin destroyed in World War II, today 60 meters high
92.7 St. Nicolai 1895 Luneburg Lower Saxony
92.5 St. Bartholomew 1867 Demmin Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
92.5 Marienkirche 1892 Kaiserslautern Rhineland-Palatinate
92.3 Bremen Cathedral 1893 Bremen Bremen
91.5 Halberstadt Cathedral 1491 Halberstadt Saxony-Anhalt
91.2 woman Church 1743 Dresden inner old town Saxony
91.1 St. Andrew 13th Century Braunschweig Lower Saxony
91.0 Marienbasilika 1884 Kevelaer North Rhine-Westphalia
91.0 St. Aldegundis Emmerich on the Rhine North Rhine-Westphalia Destroyed in World War II, today's height: 58 meters
91.0 St. Joseph 1914 Speyer Rhineland-Palatinate
91.0 New Church 1582 Wurzburg Bavaria
91.0 Parish Church of St. Mary 1500 Friedland (Mecklenburg) Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
91.0 New parish church of St. Johann Baptist 1874 Munich-Haidhausen Bavaria
91.0 St. Peter Munich Bavaria
90.5 St. Joseph 1897 Koblenz Rhineland-Palatinate
90.1 St. Joseph 1891 Viersen North Rhine-Westphalia
90.1 St. Lamberti 1898 Muenster North Rhine-Westphalia
90.0 Church on the south star 1897 Berlin-Kreuzberg Berlin
90.0 Garrison Church of St. Martin 1900 Dresden-Albertstadt Saxony
90.0 George's Church 1501 Nordlingen Bavaria
90.0 Nikolaikirche 1480 Flensburg Schleswig-Holstein
90.0 Assumption Day 1908 Schönau in the Black Forest Baden-Württemberg
90.0 St. Urbanus 1893 Gelsenkirchen North Rhine-Westphalia Destroyed in World War II, today's height: 48 meters
90.0 St. Peter Church Altentreptow Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Destroyed in 1773, today's height: 65 meters
89.7 Marienkirche 1789 Berlin center Berlin
88.7 Main Church of St. Nikolai 1962 Hamburg Hamburg
88.5 St. Margareta 1894 Wadersloh North Rhine-Westphalia
88.43 Garrison Church 1732 Potsdam Brandenburg Destroyed by an air raid on April 14, 1945, 1968: Demolition of the ruin, reconstruction since 2017
88.3 Peterskirche 1885 Leipzig Saxony
88.3 St. Martini 14th Century Halberstadt Saxony-Anhalt
88.0 Luther Church 1894 Berlin-Schöneberg Berlin
88.0 St. Paul 1906 Munich Bavaria
88.0 Marienkirche 1877 Neubrandenburg Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
88.0 St. Anthony 1877 Papenburg Lower Saxony
87.9 St. Bernhard 1901 Karlsruhe Baden-Württemberg
87.7 Dreikönigskirche 1857 Dresden-Inner New Town Saxony
87.6 St. Stephan Tangermünde Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
87.2 St. Mary 1672 Zwickau Saxony
87.1 St. Gertrude 1885 Hamburg Hamburg
87.0 St. Sebastian Berlin-Gesundbrunnen Berlin
87.0 Holy Cross Church Muenster North Rhine-Westphalia
87.0 St. Jacob 1886 Aachen North Rhine-Westphalia
86.9 Konkordienkirche 1893 Mannheim Baden-Württemberg
86.9 St. Mary 1292 Uelzen Lower Saxony
86.8 St. Johann Baptist 1894 Krefeld North Rhine-Westphalia
86.8 Heilandskirche 1894 Berlin-Moabit Berlin
86.5 Castle Church 1897 Chemnitz Saxony Destroyed in 1945, today 42 meters high
86.3 Marienkirche 15th century Rostock Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
86.2 Aegidienkirche 1840 Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein
86.2 Marienkirche 1903 Mulhouse Thuringia
86.2 Jakobskirche 16th Century Straubing Bavaria
86.0 Holy Spirit Church 1728 Potsdam Brandenburg Destroyed by fire on April 26, 1945, the ruins were demolished until 1974
86.0 Lamberti Church 1887 Oldenburg Lower Saxony
86.0 St. George 1904 Ulm Baden-Württemberg
86.0 City parish church of St. Nicholas 1896 Zwiesel Bavaria
86.0 St. Mary 1859 Kemberg North Rhine-Westphalia
86.0 St. Pancras 1873 Warstein North Rhine-Westphalia
86.0 Heilandskirche 1888 Leipzig Saxony
86.0 Mayor Smidt Memorial Church 1855 Bremerhaven Bremen
85.9 Catholic court church 1755 Dresden inner old town Saxony
85.5 New Parish Church of St. Margaret 1913 Munich Bavaria
85.5 Mainz Cathedral 1769 Mainz Rhineland-Palatinate
85.3 Johanneskirche 1881 Dusseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia
85.3 Marienkirche 1496 Salzwedel Saxony-Anhalt
85.2 Apostle Paul Church 1894 Berlin-Schöneberg Berlin
85.1 Meissen Cathedral 1410 Meissen Saxony
85.0 St. Peter and Paul 1497 Goerlitz Saxony
85.0 Luther Church 1901 Solingen North Rhine-Westphalia
85.0 St. John's 13th Century Herford North Rhine-Westphalia Torn down in 1885 and replaced by an 80 m high tower; Torn down 1906–1910, today's tower height: 71 meters
84.2 Church of Our Lady 1651 Bremen Bremen
84.0 Evangelical town church 1863 Unna North Rhine-Westphalia
84.0 St. George 1494 Freising Bavaria
84.0 St. Michael 1883 Schwalmtal-Waldniel North Rhine-Westphalia
84.0 St. Mark 1895 Chemnitz Saxony
84.0 Munster of Our Lady 1785 Double folds Baden-Württemberg
83.7 St. Petri Cathedral 1221 Bautzen Saxony
83.5 St. Nicholas Church Löbau Saxony
83.0 St. Mary 1896 Luenen North Rhine-Westphalia
83.0 Sacred Heart Church 1909 Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
83.0 Saint John Dingolfing Bavaria
83.0 Saint Lambertus Erkelenz North Rhine-Westphalia
83.0 Saint Mary rosary Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia
83.0 St. John Baptist Neheim North Rhine-Westphalia
82.0 Holy Spirit Church 1544 Heidelberg Baden-Württemberg
82.0 St. Stephani 1507 Aschersleben Saxony-Anhalt
82.0 St. Mary 1896 Hagen North Rhine-Westphalia
82.0 St. Mary Stendal Saxony-Anhalt
82.0 Petrikirche 1887 Chemnitz Saxony
82.0 St. Alexander and Theodor 1766 Ottobeuren Bavaria
82.0 Radolfzell Minster 1903 Radolfzell Baden-Württemberg
82.0 Reformation Church 1907 Berlin-Moabit Berlin today's height: 50 meters
81.85 Evangelical town church 1968 Pforzheim Baden-Württemberg
81.7 Elisabeth Church 13th Century Marburg Hesse
81.5 Old Town Nicolaikirche 13th Century Bielefeld North Rhine-Westphalia
81.4 Bonn Minster Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
81.3 Erfurt Cathedral Erfurt Thuringia
81.17 St. Laurence 1535 Schuettorf North Rhine-Westphalia
81.0 St. Nicholas Stendal Saxony-Anhalt
81.0 Martin Luther Church Dresden-Outer Neustadt Saxony
81.0 St. Lorenz 13th Century Nuremberg Bavaria
81.0 Zwinglikirche 1908 Berlin-Friedrichshain Berlin
81.0 Holy Cross Church 1888 Berlin-Wilmersdorf Berlin today's height: 59.3 meters
80.5 St. Mary 1414 Wismar Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania up to about 1500 120 meters high, nave badly damaged in World War II and blown up in 1960
80.2 St. Suitbertus 1927 Dusseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia
80.0 Dreikönigskirche 1880 Frankfurt am Main Hesse
80.0 St. Johannis 1882 Hamburg Hamburg
80.0 St. Patrokli Cathedral Soest North Rhine-Westphalia
80.0 St. Sixtus 1885 Haltern am See North Rhine-Westphalia
80.0 St. Mary 1893 Recklinghausen North Rhine-Westphalia
80.0 St. Peter 1898 Dusseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia
80.0 Melanchthon Church 1906 Berlin-Kreuzberg Berlin destroyed in WWII
80.0 Our dear women 1586 Castle (near Magdeburg) Saxony-Anhalt
80.0 Christ Church 1903 Mainz Rhineland-Palatinate
80.0 Marienkirche Barth Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
80.0 St. Mary 1902 Neuss North Rhine-Westphalia
80.0 To the Holy Family 1902 Came North Rhine-Westphalia
79.9 Stephanuskirche Berlin-Gesundbrunnen Berlin
79.3 Pauluskirche Hamm North Rhine-Westphalia
79.3 Artländer Cathedral 1900 Ankum North Rhine-Westphalia
79.0 St. Michaelis 1412 Luneburg Lower Saxony
79.0 St. Laurentii 1718 Itzehoe Schleswig-Holstein
79.0 St. Mary 1300 Osnabrück Lower Saxony
78.72 St. Lamberti 1899 Gladbeck North Rhine-Westphalia
78.0 Constance Minster 1853 Constancy Baden-Württemberg
78.0 Jesuit Church 1872 Heidelberg Baden-Württemberg
78.0 Holy Spirit Church Berlin-Moabit Berlin
78.0 John's basilica 1897 Berlin-Neukölln Berlin
78.0 Collegiate church Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg
78.0 New Nazareth Church Berlin-Wedding Berlin
78.0 German cathedral 1785 Berlin center Berlin
78.0 Schildthurn pilgrimage church 1531 Zeilarn Bavaria
78.0 Liebfrauenkirche Bottrop 1914 Bottrop North Rhine-Westphalia
78.0 St. Gundula 1901 Roadstead North Rhine-Westphalia
78.0 Sacred Heart Church 1906 Ettlingen Baden-Württemberg
78.0 St. John Baptist 1898 I want to North Rhine-Westphalia
78.0 St. John the Baptist 1234 Billerbeck North Rhine-Westphalia
78.0 St. Anne's Church Annaberg-Buchholz Saxony
78.0 St. Martinus Kerpen North Rhine-Westphalia
78.0 Holy Cross Church 1899 Frankfurt Oder Brandenburg
78.0 St. Andrew Emsbüren North Rhine-Westphalia
78.0 Church of Our Lady Krefeld North Rhine-Westphalia
78.0 St. Dionysius Krefeld North Rhine-Westphalia
77.9 Neustädter Marienkirche 1421 Bielefeld North Rhine-Westphalia
77.0 Church of the Resurrection 1895 Berlin-Friedrichshain Berlin today's height: 42 meters
77.0 Christ Church 1894 Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
77.0 St. Mary 1892 Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
77.0 St. Johann Baptist 1409 Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm Bavaria
77.0 Saint Jodok 1470 Landshut Bavaria
77.0 Saint Nicholas and Stephen 1519 Eggenfelden Bavaria
77.0 St. Nikolai 1850 Potsdam Brandenburg
76.5 St. Simeon's Church Berlin-Kreuzberg Berlin
76.0 Trier Cathedral 4th century trier Rhineland-Palatinate
76.0 St. Nicholas 1907 Kappelrodeck Baden-Württemberg
76.0 Heart of Mary Church 1967 Diedorf Bavaria
76.0 Bamberg Cathedral 1237 Bamberg Bavaria
76.0 Brethren Church 1905 Altenburg Thuringia
76.0 St. Aegidien Church 1849 Oschatz Saxony
76.0 St. Pancras 1896 Oberhausen North Rhine-Westphalia
76.0 Luther Church 1897 kassel Hesse
76.0 St. Remigius Bark North Rhine-Westphalia
76.0 St. Pancras Gescher North Rhine-Westphalia
76.0 Christ Church 1886 Aachen North Rhine-Westphalia Badly damaged in World War II, demolished except for the tower in 1959, 1979: the tower was demolished after a major fire
75.5 St. Nikolai Berlin-Spandau Berlin
75.0 St. Hippolytus Gelsenkirchen North Rhine-Westphalia
75.0 St. Stephani Bremen Bremen
75.0 St. Michaelis Church 1891 Chemnitz Saxony
75.0 St. Mauritius 1901 Frankfurt am Main Hesse
75.0 Jesuit Church Mannheim Baden-Württemberg
75.0 Assumption Church Dresden-Leuben Saxony
75.0 Holy Spirit Church Dresden-Blasewitz Saxony
75.0 Blessing Church Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg Berlin
75.0 Great St. Martin Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia
75.0 St. Sebaldus Church 13th Century Nuremberg Bavaria
75.0 Nikolaikirche 1165 Leipzig Saxony
75.0 Virgin Mary's birth Rottenbuch Bavaria
75.0 Saint Nicholas 1904 Overseas Bavaria
75.0 Apostle Church 1900 Viernheim Hesse
75.0 St. Vitus 1900 Philippsburg Baden-Württemberg
75.0 Saint Martin Euskirchen North Rhine-Westphalia
75.0 St. John Baptist Altenberge North Rhine-Westphalia
75.0 St. Ludgerus 1895 Weseke North Rhine-Westphalia
75.0 St. John 1904 Suderwich North Rhine-Westphalia
75.0 Assumption Day 1722 Shaking Baden-Württemberg
75.0 Basilica of the fourteen saints 1772 Bad Staffelstein Bavaria
75.0 Holy Cross Minster Rottweil Baden-Württemberg
75.0 Neustadt Church 1520 Eschwege Hesse
75.0 Michaelskirche 1557 Jena Thuringia
75.0 St. Joseph 1888 Muenster North Rhine-Westphalia Towers destroyed in WWII, lower today
75.0 Old Christ Church Barmen 1887 Wuppertal North Rhine-Westphalia Destroyed in an air raid on May 30, 1943, ruin torn down in 1955
75.0 St. Peter 1885 Oldenburg Lower Saxony Top destroyed by a storm in 1972, today's height: 61 meters
75.0 Pauluskirche 1898 Heidenheim Baden-Württemberg
75.0 St. Petri Buxtehude Lower Saxony
75.0 Church of Our Lady 1903 Recklinghausen North Rhine-Westphalia
75.0 St. John 1904 Recklinghausen North Rhine-Westphalia
75.0 St. Mary 1894 Oberhausen North Rhine-Westphalia
75.0 St. Hippolytus 1898 Gelsenkirchen North Rhine-Westphalia
75.0 Sacred Heart Church 1912 Oberhausen North Rhine-Westphalia Destroyed in 1943, today the lower tower
75.0 St. Gertrude 1877 eat North Rhine-Westphalia Destroyed in 1943, today the lower tower
75.0 St. Joseph 1910 Saarbrücken Saarland Destroyed in 1944, today a lower tower
75.0 Nikolaikirche 1893 Aue Saxony
75.0 Trinity Church 1897 Riesa Saxony
75.0 St. Jacob 1898 Koethen Saxony-Anhalt
75.0 Monastery church of the Archabbey of Sankt Ottilien 1899 Eresing Bavaria
75.0 Pauline Church Leipzig Saxony Demolished in 1968
75.0 Church of Reconciliation Berlin center Berlin Demolished in 1985

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