# List of tallest buildings in Leipzig

This list of tallest buildings in Leipzig ranks high-rise buildings and important landmarks that reach a height of 40 metres (131 ft). Only habitable buildings and a book magazine are ranked, which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, steeples, chimneys and other tall architectural structures. With the Kroch High-rise of 1928 and the Europahaus of 1929 at the Augustusplatz, Leipzig was one of the first high-rise cities in Germany.
Due to the constant strong growth of the number of inhabitants of Leipzig, after many years of stagnation and demolition, the focus is again on the construction of high-rise buildings. The new development of Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz includes a high-rise building on its north-eastern corner next to Roßplatz, which is currently planned to be 55.5 metres (182 ft) tall. The site of the former Eutritzscher Freiladebahnhof north of Leipzig's main train station is to be redeveloped over an area of 25 hectares (62 acres). Among other things, 3,700 apartments as well as commercial and office space are to be built. In addition to two 10-storey high points at the edges, there will be a city park in the middle, which will be framed by three 16-storey high-rise buildings
In 2020, Henn Architekten from Munich won the architectural competition for two high-rise buildings to be built between the Westin Hotel and the banks of the Parthe River with 17 stories (approx. 65 m) and 13 stories (approx. 50 m).
To the west of the main train station between Kurt-Schumacher-Straße and Berliner Straße, the new Löwitz Quarter is being built with rental and owner-occupied apartments, a hotel, offices, restaurants and retail outlets as well as a secondary school and kindergarten. Furthermore, a 60-metre high-rise office building is planned in the northern part of the quarter (Baufeld 9).
The "Hochhaus Semmelweisstraße" by KLM-Architekten is an newly planned 18 storey residential building on the former site of a data center on October 18 Street. Construction is scheduled to begin by the end of 2023.
For a limited time, the Bundesland of Saxony is funding high-rise timber building projects under the keyword "experimental construction". In this context, Saxony's first wooden high-rise is to be built in Leipzig-Paunsdorf on Heiterblickallee. The owner is the housing cooperative Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft Kontakt.
The high-rise development on the Goerdelerring, on the other hand, will take some time to come. The city of Leipzig has set itself the goal of determining the course of the opening of the underground waterway named Pleißemühlegraben in this area. Only then will it be clear whether the high-rise will be built next to or above the uncovered waterway, which will have a significant impact on the planning and architecture of the building.

## Tallest buildings

| Rank | Image | Name | Location | Use | Opening | Height (m / ft) | Floors | architects |
| | | Funkturm Leipzig | Zentrum-Südost, Leipzig-Mitte | Television tower | 2015 | 191 metres (627 ft) | | |
| 1. | more pictures | City-Hochhaus Leipzig tallest building in Germany from 1972 to 1973, | Augustusplatz, Leipzig-Mitte | Offices, restaurant, viewing platform | 1972 | 142.5 metres (468 ft) | 36 | Hermann Henselmann |
| | | Fernmeldeturm Leipzig | Holzhausen, Leipzig-Südost | Telecommunication tower | 1995 | 132 metres (433 ft) | | |
| | | New Town Hall tallest city hall tower in Germany | Zentrum, Leipzig-Mitte | City Hall | 1905 | 114.8 metres (377 ft) | | Hugo Licht |
| 2. | more pictures | Hotel The Westin Leipzig | Zentrum Nord, Leipzig-Mitte | Hotel | 1981 | 96 metres (315 ft) | 27 | Kajima architects, Tokio |
| 3. | more pictures | Wintergartenhochhaus, | next to Hauptbahnhof | Apartments | 1972 | 95.5 metres (313 ft) | 32 | Collective led by Frieder Gebhardt |
| | | Monument to the Battle of the Nations tallest monument in Europe | Probstheida, Südost | Monument | 1913 | 91 metres (299 ft) | | Bruno Schmitz |
| | | Old St. Peter's Church tallest church tower in Leipzig | Zentrum-Süd, Leipzig-Mitte | | 1885 | 88.5 metres (290 ft) | | August Hartel und Constantin Lipsius |
| | | Heilandskirche | Plagwitz, Südwest | | 1888 | 86 metres (282 ft) | | Johannes Otzen |
| | | Messeturm Leipzig (Leipzig Trade Fair Tower) | Seehausen, Leipzig-Nord | | 1995 | 85 metres (279 ft) | | Schlaich Bergermann Partner (Design) & Gerkan, Marg und Partner (Architecture) |
| | | St. Nicholas Church | Zentrum, Leipzig-Mitte | | 12th century, (tower) 18th century | 75 metres (246 ft) | | |
| | | Nathanaelkirche | Lindenau, Alt-West | | 1884 | 74.25 metres (244 ft) | | August Hartel and Constantin Lipsius. |
| | | Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) | Zentrum Süd, Leipzig-Mitte | Supreme court | 1895 | 74 metres (243 ft) | | Ludwig Hoffmann und Peter Dybwad |
| | | St.-Lukas-Church | Volkmarsdorf, Leipzig-Ost | | 1893 | 71 metres (233 ft) | | Julius Zeißig |
| | | Michaeliskirche | Zentrum Nord, Leipzig-Mitte | | 1904 | 70 metres (230 ft) | | Heinrich Rust and Alfred Müller |
| | | St. Thomas Church | Zentrum, Leipzig-Mitte | | 12th century, (tower) 1537 | 68 metres (223 ft) | | |
| | | Heilig-Kreuz-Church | Neustadt-Neuschönefeld, Leipzig-Ost | | 1894 | 67.5 metres (221 ft) | | Paul Lange |
| | | Reformierte Kirche | Zentrum, Leipzig-Mitte | | 1893 | 67 metres (220 ft) | | Georg Weidenbach and Richard Tschammer |
| | | Emmauskirche | Sellerhausen, Leipzig-Ost | | 1894 | 66 metres (217 ft) | | Paul Lange |
| | | Lutherkirche | Bachviertel, Zentrum-West | | 1884 | 65 metres (213 ft) | | Julius Zeißig |
| 4. | more pictures | MDR-Hochhaus | Südvorstadt | Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk | 2000 | 65 metres (213 ft) | 13 | Architectural group Gondesen Plachnow Staack (GPS) with Struhk & Partner |
| 5. | more pictures | High rise Löhrs Carré, | Zentrum Nord, Leipzig-Mitte | Offices | 1997 | 65 metres (213 ft) | 17 | Wörle-Siebig Planungsgesellschaft, München |
| 6. | | Center Torgauer Platz, | Volkmarsdorf | Offices | 1995 | 63 metres (207 ft) | 12 | HPP Architekten with Gerd Heise |
| | | Philippus-Church | Lindenau, Alt-West | | 1910 | 62.5 metres (205 ft) | | Alfred Müller |
| | | Paul-Gerhardt-Church | Connewitz, Leipzig-Süd | | 1900 | 60 metres (197 ft) | | Julius Zeißig |
| 7. | more pictures | Europahaus, | Augustusplatz, Leipzig-Mitte | Offices | 1929 | 56 metres (184 ft) | 13 | Otto Paul Burghardt |
| 8. | | Magazine Tower of German National Library | Zentrum Süd-Ost, Leipzig Mitte | Book magazine | 1982 | 55 metres (180 ft) | 18 | Dieter Seidlitz, Dresden |
| | | St. Alexi Memorial Church | Zentrum Süd-Ost, Leipzig Mitte | | 1912/13 | 55 metres (180 ft) | | Wladimir Alexandrowitsch Pokrowski |
| | | Taborkirche | Kleinzschocher , Südwest | | 1904 | 52 metres (171 ft) | | Arwed Roßbach & Richard Lucht |
| 9.–35. | more pictures | still 27 high-rise buildings of the PH 16 series of residential buildings PH 16 | Leipzig-Grünau (5 of the original 19 preserved) Leipzig-Schönefeld (5 of the original 8 preserved), Leipzig-Mockau (4 of the original 7 preserved), Musikviertel (all 3 preserved), Leipzig-Marienbrunn (both preserved), Straße des 18. Oktober (all 8 preserved) | apartments | 1974–1988 | 50.5 metres (166 ft) | 16 | |
| | | Gedächtniskirche Schönefeld | Schönefeld, Nordost | | 1820 | 50 metres (164 ft) | | Walter Friedrich |
| | | Friedenskirche | Gohlis, Leipzig-Nord | | 1873 | ~50 metres (164 ft) | | Hugo Altendorff |
| | | Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis | Zentrum, Leipzig-Mitte | | 2015 | 50 metres (164 ft) | | Schulz & Schulz |
| 36. | more pictures | Kroch High-rise, first high-rise building in Leipzig, | Augustusplatz/Goethestraße 2, Leipzig-Mitte | Egyptian museum of the university of Leipzig, Institute | 1928 | 43 metres (141 ft) | 12 | German Bestelmeyer |
| 37. | | Lipsia-Tower | Leipzig-Grünau, Miltitzer Allee 32 | Reside | 2020 | 42 metres (138 ft) | 13 | Fuchshuber & Partner |
| 38. | | Former column tower | Wissenschaftspark Leipzig, Permoserstraße 15 | Guest apartments (formerly isotope separation columns) | 1966 | 40 metres (131 ft) | 11 | Schneider and Mothes |
| 39. | | Brühlpelz high rise | Leipzig-Mitte, Brühl | Hotel | 1966 | 40 metres (131 ft) | 11 | Wolfgang Schreiner, Günther Seltz |