# List of tallest buildings in Hamburg

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, 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, at Berliner Tor in St. Georg, in the Hafenkrone in St. Pauli and in Mundsburg in Hamburg-Nord.
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. Unfortunately, construction was halted at the end of October 2023 as the developer failed to make payments to the construction company.

## Gallery

* Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg & Heinrich Hertz Tower
* Berliner Tor Center, St. Georg
* Hafenkrone, St. Pauli
* Mundsburg Towers and Alster
| Rank | Name | Height m (ft) | Floors | Year completed | Use / Note |
| | Heinrich-Hertz-Turm | 279.2 m (916 ft) | | 1968 | Telecommunications tower, Tallest freestanding structure in Hamburg. |
| | St. Nikolai | 147.3 m (483 ft) | | 1874 | Tallest church tower in Hamburg. Ruin since 1943 |
| | Köhlbrand Bridge | 135 m (443 ft) | | 1974 | Cable-stayed bridge |
| | St. Petri | 133 m (436 ft) | | 1878 | |
| | St. Michaelis | 132 m (433 ft) | | 1762 | |
| | St. Jacobi | 125 m (410 ft) | | 1589 (Reconstructed in 1963) | Destroyed by bombing during World War II. Reconstructed with modern spire. |
| | St. Katharinen | 116.7 m (383 ft) | | 1657 (Reconstructed in 1957) | Destroyed by bombing during World War II. Reconstructed with modern spire. |
| | Hamburg City Hall | 112 m (367 ft) | | 1897 | Second tallest city hall in Germany. |
| 1 | Elbphilharmonie | 110 m (361 ft) | 26 | 2017 | Elbe Philharmonic Hall is a concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg. |
| 2 | Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg | 108 m (354 ft) | 32 | 1973 | Tallest hotel building in Hamburg. |
| 3 | Columbus Haus | 105 m (344 ft) | 23 | 1997 | Office, part of Hanseatic Trade Center |
| 4 | Mundsburg Turm I | 101 m (331 ft) | 29 | 1973 | Residential |
| 5 | Emporio (Hamburg) | 98 m (322 ft) | 24 | 1964 | Office |
| 6 | Mundsburg Turm III | 97 m (318 ft) | 22 | 1973 | Residential |
| | St. Gertrud | 93 m (305 ft) | | 1886 | |
| 7 | Mundsburg Turm II | 90 m (295 ft) | 26 | 1975 | Residential |
| 7 | Berliner Tor Center III | 90 m (295 ft) | 22 | 2004 | Office |
| 7 | Berliner Tor Center II | 90 m (295 ft) | 22 | 2004 | Office |
| | St. Nikolai | 89.4 m (293 ft) | | 1962 | |
| 10 | Atlantic-Haus | 88 m (289 ft) | 21 | 2007 | Office |
| 11 | Geomatikum | 85 m (279 ft) | 20 | 1975 | University building |
| 11 | Dancing Towers | 85 m (279 ft) | 24 | 2012 | Office |
| 13 | Berliner Tor Center I | 83 m (272 ft) | 22 | 1962 | Office, former police headquarters |
| | St. Johannis | 83 m (272 ft) | | 1873 | |
| | St. Johannis-Harvestehude | 79.5 m (261 ft) | | 1882 | |
| | Friedenskirche | 78.3 m (257 ft) | | 1894 | |
| 14 | Kaiserhof | 78 m (256 ft) | 17 | 1963 | Office |
| 15 | Wohnhochhaus Palmaille 35 | 75 m (246 ft) | 23 | 1969 | Residential |
| 15 | Holiday Inn Hotel Hamburg | 75 m (246 ft) | 18 | 1995 | Hotel |
| 15 | Channel Tower | 75 m (246 ft) | 18 | 2003 | Office |
| 18 | Motel One Hamburg-Alster | 73.3 m (240 ft) | 20 | 2010 | Hotel |
| 19 | Empire Riverside Hotel | 73 m (240 ft) | 20 | 2007 | Hotel |
| 20 | Gorch-Fock-Haus | 72 m (236 ft) | 23 | 1972 | Residential |
| 20 | Kristall | 72 m (236 ft) | 20 | 2011 | Residential |
| 22 | Hamburger Meile (Turm 1) | 70 m (230 ft) | 18 | 1970 | Office |
| 22 | Wohnhochhaus Jessenstraße 4 | 70 m (230 ft) | 16 | 1975 | Residential |
| 22 | Astra-Turm | 70 m (230 ft) | 17 | 2007 | Office |
| 22 | Watermark (Intelligent Quarters) | 70 m (230 ft) | 20 | 2018 | Office |
| | Christuskirche | 70 m (230 ft) | | 1965 | |
| 26 | Elbe-Einkaufszentrum Turm I | 69 m (226 ft) | 19 | | Residential |
| 26 | Berliner Tor 7 | 69 m (226 ft) | 14 | 1970s | University building |
| 28 | Neues Steintor | 65 m (213 ft) | 17 | | Office |
| 29 | Tower am Michel (Former Hochhaus Deutscher Ring) | 63 m (207 ft) | 18 | 1964 (Refurbishment 1999) | Office |
| 29 | Hamburger Meile (Turm 2) | 63 m (207 ft) | 16 | 1970 | Office |
| 31 | Kallmorgen Tower | 62 m (203 ft) | 17 | 1965 | Residential |
| 31 | Hotel Hafen Hamburg | 62 m (203 ft) | 15 | 1987 | Hotel |
| 31 | Achtern Born 84 | 62 m (203 ft) | 21 | 1972 | Residential |
| 34 | Spiegel-Gebäude | 61 m (200 ft) | 13 | 2011 | Headquarters of Spiegel Gruppe |
| 35 | Mövenpick Hotel | 60 m (197 ft) | 19 | 1910 (Refurbishment 2007) | Hotel |
| 35 | Asklepios Klinik Altona | 60 m (197 ft) | 20 | 1970 | Hospital |
| 35 | Grünes Zentrum I | 60 m (197 ft) | 16 | 1971 | Residential |
| 35 | Grünes Zentrum II | 60 m (197 ft) | 16 | 1971 | Residential |
| 35 | Grünes Zentrum III | 60 m (197 ft) | 16 | 1971 | Residential |
| 35 | Fruchtallee 83 | 60 m (197 ft) | 19 | | Residential |
| 35 | Philips-Deutschland-Zentrale | 60 m (197 ft) | 17 | 2005 | Office, former Seat of Philips |
| 35 | Holiday Inn Hamburg City Nord | 60 m (197 ft) | 18 | 2016 | Hotel |
| 35 | Konrad Wohnen | 60 m (197 ft) | 17 | 2019 | Residential |
| 35 | Kap 5 | 60 m (197 ft) | 16 | 2023 | Office |
| 35 | Ipanema Hamburg | 60 m (197 ft) | 13 | 2024 | Office |
| 46 | Arabica-Tower Hamburg | 59 m (194 ft) | 14 | 2010 | Residential |
| 46 | The Crown | 59 m (194 ft) | 14 | 2024 | Office, Residential |
| 46 | Fifty9 Strandkai | 59 m (194 ft) | 17 | 2024 | Office, Residential |
| 49 | Flakturm IV (Hochbunker St. Pauli) | 58 m (190 ft) | 12 | 1940 (2019) | Former flak tower, additional floors added |
| 49 | AlsterCity Hamburg | 58 m (190 ft) | 16 | 1990 | Office |
| 49 | Suitehotel Hamburg City | 58 m (190 ft) | 18 | 2002 | Hotel |
| 49 | Studentenapartments Berliner Tor | 58 m (190 ft) | 18 | 2002 | Residential |
| 49 | Marco-Polo-Tower | 58 m (190 ft) | 16 | 2010 | Residential |
| 49 | Verwaltungsgebäude Hamburg Süd | 58 m (190 ft) | 14 | 1964 (refurbishment 2016) | Office |
| 55 | Niebuhr-Hochhaus | 57 m (187 ft) | 17 | 1971 | |
| 55 | Hanseatic Trade Center, Phase III | 57 m (187 ft) | 16 | 1996 | Office |
| 55 | Cinnamon Tower | 57 m (187 ft) | 15 | 2014 | Residential |
| 55 | Engel & Völkers Firmenzentrale | 57 m (187 ft) | 15 | 2019 | |
| 59 | VBG-Tower | 56 m (184 ft) | 15 | 2016 | |
| 60 | Brahms-Kontor | 55 m (180 ft) | 15 | 1931 | Office |
| 60 | Hochhaus Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG | 55 m (180 ft) | 14 | 1958 | |
| 60 | Achter Born 86 | 55 m (180 ft) | 19 | 1972 | Residential |
| 60 | Überseering 35 | 55 m (180 ft) | 13 | 1973 | Office |
| 60 | Silo Harburg | 55 m (180 ft) | 15 | 2003 | Office |
| 60 | Campus Tower | 55 m (180 ft) | 16 | 2019 | Office |
| 66 | Sibeliusstraße 1 | 54 m (177 ft) | 16 | 2019 | Residential |
| 66 | Sibeliusstraße 2 | 54 m (177 ft) | 16 | | Residential |
| 66 | Sibeliusstraße 4 | 54 m (177 ft) | 16 | | Residential |
| 66 | Sibeliusstraße 5 | 54 m (177 ft) | 16 | | Residential |
| 66 | SAGA-Hochhaus | 54 m (177 ft) | 16 | | Residential |
| 66 | Coffee Plaza | 54 m (177 ft) | 12 | 2010 | Office |
| 72 | Kontorhaus am Großmarkt | 53 m (174 ft) | 14 | 1965 | Office |
| 73 | Philosophenturm der Universität Hamburg | 52 m (171 ft) | 14 | 1963 | University building |
| 73 | Billstraße 84 | 52 m (171 ft) | 14 | 1965 | Office |
| 73 | HAW Hamburg | 52 m (171 ft) | 15 | 2002 | University building |
| 76 | Finnlandhaus | 51 m (167 ft) | 14 | 1966 | Office |
| 77 | Meßberghof | 50 m (164 ft) | 10 | 1924 | Office |
| 77 | Springer-Hochhaus | 50 m (164 ft) | 14 | 1956 | Seat of Axel Springer Verlag |
| 77 | Alster-Tower | 50 m (164 ft) | 15 | 1958 | Office |
| 77 | Burmah-Haus | 50 m (164 ft) | 13 | 1960 | Office |
| 77 | Falkenried Tower | 50 m (164 ft) | 14 | 2004 | Residential |
| 77 | Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Wohnen | 50 m (164 ft) | 12 | 2012 | Office |
| 77 | IntercityHotel Hamburg Dammtor-Messe | 50 m (164 ft) | 14 | 2014 | Hotel |
| 77 | Esplanade 40 | 50 m (164 ft) | 14 | 2017 | Office |

## Under construction

| Name | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Floors | Year |
| Elbtower | 245 | 804 | 64 | On Hold |
| Skysegel | 73 | 239.5 | 16 | 2025 |
| Präventionszentrum der Berufsgenossenschaften | 69 | 226 | 19 | 2024 |
| roots Hamburg | 65 | 213 | 19 | 2024 |
| Waterfront Towers West | 60 | 213 | 14 | 2024 |
| Waterfront Towers East | 60 | 213 | 14 | 2024 |
| EDGE Vattenfall Zentrale | 57 | 187 | 15 | 2024 |
| Perigon | 57 | 187 | 18 | 2024 |
| The Pier | 55 | 180 | 14 | 2024 |
| kbnk Tower Überseequartier | 55 | 180 | 16 | 2024 |
| AlsterGate | 55 | 180 | 16 | 2024 |

## Proposed

| Name | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Floors | Year |
| Elbbrücken 120 | 110 | 361 | 28 | |
| Bahnhof Altona (South Tower) | 76 | 249 | 19 | |
| Hamburg Innovation Port | 75 | 246 | 20 | |
| Plaza Premium Hotel am Veritaskai | 65 | 213 | 19 | |
| Kongresshotel Elbbrücken | 65 | 213 | 19 | |
| Amsinckstraße 45 | 65 | 213 | 19 | |
| Hammer Heart | 60 | 197 | 17 | 2027 |
| Ehemaliges Postamt 80 | 60 | 197 | 18 | |
| Bahnhof Altona (North Tower) | 58 | 190 | 15 | |
| Naval | 57 | 187 | 15 | |
| Treetop Tower | 51 | 167 | 14 | |

## Demolished

| Name | Height m (ft) | Floors | Opened | Demolished |
| Iduna-Hochhaus | 89 m (292 ft) | 23 | 1966 | 1995 |
| Hermes-Hochhaus | 86 m (282 ft) | 23 | 1981 | 2019–2021 |
| Oberpostdirektion | 52 m (171 ft) | 12 | 1976 | 2017 |
| Hochhaus Am Hegen 82 | 50 m (164 ft) | 17 | 1963 | 2004 |
| Astra-Turm | 50 m (164 ft) | 14 | 1970 | 2005 |