List of tallest buildings in Nuremberg
Appearance
This list of tallest buildings in Nuremberg ranks high-rise buildings and important landmarks that reach a height of 50 meters (164 feet). The tallest structure in the city is by far the 292-meter-high Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg, a telecommunication tower built in 1980.
Nuremberg is characterized above all by its medieval old town with churches towers and domes. To protect the cityscape, very few high-rise buildings have been built to date.
The tallest building in the city is the 135-meter-high Business Tower, the second tallest building in the Free State of Bavaria after Uptown München in Munich.
Rank | Name | Image | Height m (ft) |
Floors | Year completed | Use / Note |
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Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg | 292 m (958 ft) | 1980 | Telecommunications tower, Tallest structure in Nuremberg. | |||
1 | Business Tower Nürnberg | 135 m (443 ft) | 34 | 2000 | Tallest skyscraper in Nuremberg and second tallest in the state of Bavaria. Height to tip 163 m (535 ft) | |
St. Lorenz, Nuremberg | 81 m (266 ft) | 15th century | ||||
2 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit | 80.2 m (263 ft) | 18 | 1973 | Federal Employment Agency | |
3 | Norikus 1 | 80 m (262 ft) | 22 | 1972 | Residential | |
St. Sebaldus Church | 75 m (246 ft) | 13th century | ||||
Christus Church | 73.5 m (241 ft) | 1894 | ||||
Friedenskirche Nürnberg | 65 m (213 ft) | 1928 | ||||
4 | Hochhaus Einsteinring 6–9 | 64.9 m (213 ft) | 21 | 1971 | Residential | |
5 | Hochhaus Neuselsbrunn 32 | 62.5 m (205 ft) | 21 | 1965 | Residential | |
5 | Hochhaus Neuselsbrunn 53 | 62.5 m (205 ft) | 21 | 1965 | Residential | |
5 | Hochhaus Neuselsbrunn 54 | 62.5 m (205 ft) | 21 | 1965 | Residential | |
8 | Seetor City Campus Tower[1] | 60 m (197 ft) | 18 | 2023 | Residential | |
Reformations-Gedächtnis-Kirche Nürnberg | 58 m (190 ft) | 1938 | ||||
9 | Hochhaus Glogauer Straße 11 | 56.6 m (186 ft) | 17 | Residential | ||
10 | HDI Hochhaus | 56 m (184 ft) | 15 | 1991 | Seat of HDI | |
10 | Plärrerhochhaus | 56 m (184 ft) | 15 | 1953 | Administration building of Städtische Werke Nürnberg | |
12 | Hochhaus Planetenring 25 | 55.9 m (183 ft) | 17 | Residential | ||
13 | Hochhaus Gartenstadt | 54.5 m (179 ft) | 18 | 1971 | Residential | |
14 | Hochhaus Creglinger Straße 62 | 54.3 m (178 ft) | 17 | Residential | ||
14 | Hochhaus Insinger Straße 54 | 54.3 m (178 ft) | 17 | Residential | ||
16 | Tafelhof Palais Turm I | 53 m (174 ft) | 15 | 2021 | Hotel | |
16 | Hochhaus Hainstraße 25 | 53 m (174 ft) | 17 | 1976 | Residential | |
18 | Hochhaus Weltenburger Straße 97 | 52.8 m (173 ft) | 16 | Residential | ||
19 | Grundig Tower I | 52.3 m (172 ft) | 17 | 1970 | Headquarters of Grundig | |
20 | Hochhaus Wettersteinstraße 51–53 | 52 m (171 ft) | 17 | Residential | ||
20 | UmweltHaus | 52 m (171 ft) | 13 | 2023 | Seat of Umweltbank | |
22 | Hochhaus Schultheißallee 5 | 51.9 m (170 ft) | 17 | 1968 | Residential | |
23 | Merian Forum | 51.6 m (169 ft) | 13 | 2002 | Office | |
24 | Hochhaus der Fränkischen Überlandwerke | 51 m (167 ft) | 14 | 1966 | Seat of N-ERGIE | |
25 | Norikus 2 | 51 m (167 ft) | 17 | 1972 | Residential | |
27 | Hochhaus Hornfischstraße 4 | 50 m (164 ft) | 14 | Residential | ||
27 | Hochhaus Schöpfstraße 33 | 50 m (164 ft) | 15 | Residential | ||
27 | Grundig Turm II | 50 m (164 ft) | 16 | 1970 | Office |
More high-rise buildings in the region
[edit]Rank | Name | Image | Height m (ft) |
Floors | Year completed | Use / Note | City |
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1 | Langer Johann | 80 m (262 ft) | 27 | 1973 | Residential | Erlangen | |
2 | Wohnhochhäuser Europakanal | 70 m (230 ft) | 21 | Residential | Erlangen | ||
3 | Siemens-Hochhaus (Glaspalast) | 62 m (203 ft) | 17 | 1962 | Seat of Siemens AG | Erlangen | |
4 | Neues Rathaus (Erlangen) | 61 m (200 ft) | 16 | 2005 | Town hall | Erlangen | |
5 | Bahnhof-Center | 60 m (197 ft) | 16 | Residential | Fürth | ||
6 | Siemens Healthineers | 52 m (171 ft) | Siemens Medical technology | Erlangen | |||
7 | Sparkassen-Hochhaus | 50 m (164 ft) | 10 | Seat of Sparkasse | Fürth |
Under construction
[edit]Name | Height (m) |
Height (ft) |
Floors | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
IKON[2] | 65 | 213 | 17 | 2025 |
The One | 51.5 | 169 | 12 | 2025 |
Proposed
[edit]Name | Height (m) |
Height (ft) |
Floors | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Zweiblick Turm I[3] | 63.45 | 208 | 20 | Unknown |
Tor zum Tiefen Feld | 57.5 | 189 | 17 | Unknown |
Zweiblick Turm II | 57.12 | 187 | 17 | Unknown |
monopol491 | 56.3 | 185 | 18 | Unknown |
Hochhaus Erlanger-/Marienbergstraße | 55 | 180 | 16 | Unknown |
Ergo-Hochhaus | 52 | 171 | 14 | Unknown |
Hochhaus Leuschnerstraße 1[4] | 51 | 167 | 15 | Unknown |
See also
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