This list of tallest buildings in Hamburg ranks
high-rise buildings and some important landmarks that reach a height of 50 meters (164 feet). The tallest freestanding structure in the city is the 279-meter-high
Heinrich-Hertz-Turm
The Heinrich Hertz Tower () is a landmark radio telecommunication tower in the city of Hamburg, Germany.
Designed by architect Fritz Trautwein, in co-operation with civil engineers Jörg Schlaich, Rudolf Bergermann and Fritz Leonhardt, the towe ...
, a television tower built in 1968.
Hamburg's city centre is dominated by church towers; Hamburg is the city with the most churches taller than 100 meters. High-rise buildings, on the other hand, are found in smaller clusters in the
HafenCity
HafenCity () is a Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg, quarter in the borough of Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg, Germany. It is located on the Elbe river island Grasbrook, on the former Port of Hamburg area. It was formally established in 2008 and also incl ...
, at Berliner Tor in
St. Georg, in the Hafenkrone in
St. Pauli and in Mundsburg in
Hamburg-Nord
Hamburg-Nord (meaning ''Hamburg North'') is one of the seven Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg#Boroughs, boroughs of the Hamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, in northern Germany. In 2020, according to the residents registration office, the ...
.
The criterion for skyscrapers is usually a height of 150 meters or more. So far, no Hamburg building has reached this mark, but Hamburg has made a first attempt in this direction with the
Elbtower. However, construction was halted at the end of October 2023 as the developer failed to make payments to the construction company.
Gallery
File:Telemichel-1.JPG, Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg & Heinrich Hertz Tower
File:Hamburg Berliner Tor Center.jpg, Berliner Tor Center, St. Georg
File:Neue Skyline Hamburg.JPG, Hafenkrone, St. Pauli
File:Alster - Mundsburg - panoramio.jpg, Mundsburg Towers and Alster
Under construction
Proposed
Demolished
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Germany
This list ranks buildings in Germany that stand at least tall. Only habitable buildings are ranked, which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, Steeple (architecture), steeples, chimneys and other tall architectural structures.
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List of tallest structures in Germany
References
External links
Cologne skyscrapers at SkyscraperPage.com{{Tallest buildings in Germany
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...
Buildings
A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout ...