germany / originals

list of tall buildings in 1929



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 Hansahochhaus Cologne 65 office 1925
4 Tagblatt-Turm Stuttgart 61 office 1928
5 Behrensbau Berlin 60 office 1917
6 Borsigturm Berlin 60 office 1924
7 Opelturm Rüsselsheim 58 office 1929
8 Rathaus Augsburg 57 city hall 1624
9 Wilhelm-Marx-Haus Düsseldorf 56 office 1924
10 Europahaus Leipzig 56 office 1929
11 Ballinhaus Hamburg 51 office 1924
12 Anzeiger-Hochhaus Hanover 51 office 1928
13 Ernemann-Turm Dresden 48 office 1923
14 Bau 15 Jena 47 office 1915
15 Siemens Schaltwerk-Hochhaus Berlin 47 factory 1928
16 Städtisches Hochhaus Munich 46 office 1929
17 Postscheckamt Breslau 45 office 1929
18 Kraftwerk Klingenberg Berlin 43 office 1926
19 Krochhochhaus Leipzig 43 office 1929
20 Stummhaus Düsseldorf 42 office 1925
21 Wasserturm des Dortmunder Südbahnhofs Dortmund 42 water tower / residential 1927
22 Westfalenhaus Dortmund 42 office 1928
23 Narva-Turm Berlin 40 office 1909
24 Beyer-Bau Dresden 40 observatorium 1913
25 Cammann-Hochhaus Chemnitz 40 office 1925
26 Knorr-Bremse Gebäude Berlin 40 office 1927
27 Haus Grenzwacht Aachen 40 office 1929
27 Otto-Moericke-Turm Konstanz 40 hotel 1929
- 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
- Handelshof Gera 36 office 1929
- Mittnachtbau Stuttgart 35 office 1928
- Hochhaus Glückauf Hanover 31 residential 1927
- Industriehaus Düsseldorf 30 office 1923
- Prinz-Georg-Straße 100 Düsseldorf 29 residential 1925