germany / originals

list of tall buildings in 1931



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 Wernerwerk-Hochhaus Berlin 57 office 1930
10 Wilhelm-Marx-Haus Düsseldorf 56 office 1924
11 Europahaus Leipzig 56 office 1929
12 Deutschnationalen Handlungsgehilfen-Verband Hamburg 55 office 1931
13 Ballinhaus Hamburg 51 office 1924
14 Anzeiger-Hochhaus Hanover 51 office 1928
15 Europahaus Berlin 51 office 1931
16 Ernemann-Turm Dresden 48 office 1923
17 Kathreiner-Haus Berlin 48 office 1930
18 Bau 15 Jena 47 office 1915
19 Siemens Schaltwerk-Hochhaus Berlin 47 factory 1928
20 Städtisches Hochhaus Munich 46 office 1929
21 Postscheckamt Breslau 45 office 1929
22 Zentrale der Konsumgenossenschaft Vorwärts-Befreiung Wuppertal 44 office 1930
23 Kraftwerk Klingenberg Berlin 43 office 1926
24 Krochhochhaus Leipzig 43 office 1929
25 Stummhaus Düsseldorf 42 office 1925
26 Wasserturm des Dortmunder Südbahnhofs Dortmund 42 water tower / residential 1927
27 Westfalenhaus Dortmund 42 office 1928
28 Städtische Sparkasse Breslau 41 office 1931
29 Narva-Turm Berlin 40 office 1909
30 Beyer-Bau Dresden 40 observatorium 1913
31 Cammann-Hochhaus Chemnitz 40 office 1925
32 Knorr-Bremse Gebäude Berlin 40 office 1927
33 Haus Grenzwacht Aachen 40 office 1929
33 Otto-Moericke-Turm Konstanz 40 hotel 1929
35 Bamberger-Haus Bremen 40 retail 1931
- 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
- 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