germany / originals

list of tall buildings in 1945



this collection includes buildings of least 40 meters tall that were completed before 1945. Buildings that are shorter than 40 meters but possess skyscraperesque features are included in this list, though they are not ranked

giraffes
during this period, a significant number of 'giraffe' buildings were constructed. A giraffe is defined as a low-rise building with a tower integrated into its design. To qualify for inclusion in this collection, the tower section must have habitable floors occupying more than fifty percent of its total height

color codes
  later reconstructed      later demolished

# name city height usage year
1 Ullsteinhaus Berlin 83 office 1927
2 Siemensturm Berlin 71 office 1918
3 Bau 36 Jena 66 office 1935
4 Hansahochhaus Cologne 65 office 1925
5 Tagblatt-Turm Stuttgart 61 office 1928
6 Behrensbau Berlin 60 office 1917
7 Borsigturm Berlin 60 office 1924
8 Opelturm Rüsselsheim 58 office 1929
9 Rathaus Augsburg 57 city hall 1624
10 Wernerwerk-Hochhaus Berlin 57 office 1930
11 Wilhelm-Marx-Haus Düsseldorf 56 office 1924
12 Europahaus Leipzig 56 office 1929
13 Deutschnationalen Handlungsgehilfen-Verband Hamburg 55 office 1931
14 Ballinhaus Hamburg 51 office 1924
15 Anzeiger-Hochhaus Hanover 51 office 1928
16 Europahaus Berlin 51 office 1931
17 Ernemann-Turm Dresden 48 office 1923
18 Kathreiner-Haus Berlin 48 office 1930
19 Bau 15 Jena 47 office 1915
20 Siemens Schaltwerk-Hochhaus Berlin 47 factory 1928
21 Haus der Wissenschaft Braunschweig 47 education 1937
22 Städtisches Hochhaus Munich 46 office 1929
23 Postscheckamt Breslau 45 office 1929
24 Faber-Hochhaus Magdeburg 45 office 1932
25 Zentrale der Konsumgenossenschaft Vorwärts-Befreiung Wuppertal 44 office 1930
26 Kraftwerk Klingenberg Berlin 43 office 1926
27 Krochhochhaus Leipzig 43 office 1929
28 Stummhaus Düsseldorf 42 office 1925
29 Wasserturm des Dortmunder Südbahnhofs Dortmund 42 water tower / residential 1927
30 Westfalenhaus Dortmund 42 office 1928
31 Städtische Sparkasse Breslau 41 office 1931
32 Narva-Turm Berlin 40 office 1909
33 Beyer-Bau Dresden 40 observatorium 1913
34 Cammann-Hochhaus Chemnitz 40 office 1925
35 Knorr-Bremse Gebäude Berlin 40 office 1927
36 Haus Grenzwacht Aachen 40 office 1929
36 Otto-Moericke-Turm Konstanz 40 hotel 1929
38 Bamberger-Haus Bremen 40 retail 1931
39 Columbushaus   Berlin 40 office / retail 1932
- Deutschlandhaus Essen 39 office 1929
- Haus Rheinpark 1 Düsseldorf 38 residential 1929
- Haus Rheinpark 2 Düsseldorf 38 residential 1929
- Hochhaus am Albertplatz Dresden 37 office 1929
- Reichsversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte Berlin 37 cultural 1930
- Shell-Haus Berlin 37 office 1932
- Handelshof Gera 36 office 1929
- Mittnachtbau Stuttgart 35 office 1928
- Capitol-Hochhaus Hanover 35 office 1930
- Ämterhochhaus Würzburg 33 office 1930
- Gewerkschaftshaus Frankfurt am Main 33 office 1931
- Hochhaus Glückauf Hanover 31 residential 1927
- Industriehaus Düsseldorf 30 office 1923
- Prinz-Georg-Straße 100 Düsseldorf 29 residential 1925
- Stadtbibliothek Hanover 29 library 1931
- Karl-Bröger-Haus Nuremberg 27 office 1930
- Kant-Garagen Berlin 24 car park 1930