List of skyscrapers in Essen
The list of high-rise buildings in Essen includes Essen high-rise buildings that reach or exceed a structural height of 50 meters. It does not claim to be complete.
Most of the high-rise buildings are concentrated in the southern district south of the city center . Here, in 1959, construction began on the Rheinstahl building and shortly afterwards with the RWE building at Kruppstrasse 5. Essen was the first city in Germany to have a skyline . Frankfurt am Main did not follow until 1962 .
Outside of Essen's southern district, the town hall was added later and, more recently, the corporate headquarters of Thyssen-Krupp and E.On Ruhrgas.
In Essen, the RWE tower is the tallest office building in the Ruhr area .
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No. | building | Height in m | Floors (above ground) | opening | Architects | comment | address | image |
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1. | RWE tower | 127 (up to the tip 162) | 30th | 1996 | Ingenhoven Overdiek Kahlen & Partner | Headquarters of the Innogy ( eon ) Group | Südviertel , Opernplatz | |
2. | Essen Town Hall | 106 | 23 | 1979 | Theodor Seifert | City administration | City center , Porscheplatz | |
3. | Postbank skyscraper | 91.59 | 19th | 1967 | Construction department of the Oberpostdirektion Düsseldorf | Essen branch of Postbank , formerly Postgiroamt, previously Postscheckamt; The 1952 International Style Lever House on Park Avenue in New York served as a model | Südviertel, Kruppstrasse 2 | |
4th | Skyscraper Kruppstrasse 5 | 85 | 22nd | 1961 | Hanns Dustmann | Part of the RWE AG building complex, a listed building since May 2018 | Südviertel, Kruppstrasse 5 | |
5. | RellingHaus II | 82 | 21st | 1999 | Brune & Platzer, Chapman Taylor Brune, Düsseldorf | Headquarters of Evonik Industries , formerly Ruhrkohle AG | Südviertel, Rellinghauser Strasse 1 | |
6th | High-rise Huyssenallee 2 | 78 | 19th | 1980 | Part of the RWE AG building complex | Südviertel, Huyssenallee 2 | ||
7th | RUHR Tower | 76.9 | 22nd | 1961 | Albert Peter Kleinwort | Built as a Rheinstahl building between 1958 and 1961 as one of the first high-rise buildings in Essen, later the headquarters of ThyssenKrupp , a listed building since August 2015, renovated by the new owner from 2016 to 2017 | Südviertel, Am Thyssenhaus | |
8th. | Bochumer Strasse 64-66 | 69.38 | 22nd | 1974 | Residential buildings | Steele , Bochumer Strasse 64-66 | ||
9. | E.ON headquarters | 63 | 15th | 2010 | JSK | two elliptical office towers, moved into on October 18, 2010 | Rüttenscheid , Brussels Place 1 | |
10. | RUHRTURM | 61 | 15th | 1973 | Former E.ON Ruhrgas corporate headquarters, formerly Ruhrgas; In July 2013, a hotel with offices and a conference center opened in what is now known as the Ruhr Tower. | Huttrop , Huttropstrasse 60 | ||
11. | Relling House I | 60.45 | 17th | 1996 | Building of Evonik Industries , formerly Ruhrkohle AG | Südviertel, Rellinghauser Strasse | ||
12. | Huyssen Quartier Essen (HQE) | 60 | 18th | Planned for 2021/2022 | VSI architects | Residential buildings | Südviertel, Huyssenallee | |
13. | Citizens' Council House | 59.4 | 14th | Planned for 2024 | agn Niederberghaus & Partner GmbH | Administration building of the city of Essen | City center, Steeler Strasse | |
14th | Building of the University Hospital | 57.6 | 14th | 1973 | Institute group I of the Essen University Hospital | Holsterhausen , Virchowstrasse 171 | ||
15th | Magna Tower | 57 | 15th | 1963 | Friedrich Wilhelm Kraemer | Formerly Iduna-Haus, until mid-2014 the headquarters of the financial service provider GFKL | Westviertel , Limbecker Platz 1 | |
16. | Weststadt Towers | 54 | 15th | 1992 | Offices of various companies and various faculties at the University of Duisburg-Essen | Westviertel, Berliner Platz 6–8 | ||
17th | Gildehof Center | 52 | 15th | 1988 | Offices of various companies, Essen citizens' office | City center, Hollestrasse 3 | ||
18th | Premier Inn | 51 | 12 | 2020 | Hotel opened in May 2020 | City center, Am Hauptbahnhof 3 | ||
19th | Thyssenkrupp headquarters , building Q1 | 50 | 14th | 2010 | Chaix & Morel et Associés and JSWD Architects | The headquarters opened on June 17, 2010. | Westviertel, thyssenkrupp Allee 1 |
Web links
Commons : Skyscrapers in Essen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ DerWesten.de - Back then it was chic; July 15, 2008 , last viewed on February 26, 2016
- ↑ DerWesten.de of August 11, 2014: Essen energy giant RWE wants to sell its tower ; accessed on February 26, 2016
- ↑ The old RWE high-rise in Essen is now a listed building ; In Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung on May 25, 2018
- ↑ Ingenieurbüro Bartelt ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; last accessed on April 2, 2013
- ↑ DerWesten.de of February 12, 2014: When the area scratched the clouds ; accessed on February 26, 2016
- ↑ Excerpt from the Essen list of monuments ; accessed on October 25, 2019
- ↑ Press release from E.ON Ruhrgas from October 18, 2010
- ↑ Press article by the operator fact AG from March 5, 2013
- ↑ Huyssen Quartier Essen (HQE) ; In: immostore real estate; accessed on August 15, 2020
- ↑ From concept to moving in - how the BürgerRatHaus is created ; In: Homepage of the city of Essen; accessed on August 15, 2020
- ↑ ThyssenKrupp AG press release of June 17, 2010: The ThyssenKrupp Quarter is open , last viewed on February 26, 2016