List of tallest buildings in Leipzig
This list ranks buildings in Leipzig that stand at least 40 metres (131 ft) tall, without superstructures. 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.[1] 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[2]
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).[3]
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).[4]
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. [5]
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.[6]
The high-rise development on the Goerdelerring,[7] 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 |
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1. | ![]() more pictures | City-Hochhaus Leipzig tallest building in Germany from 1972 to 1973,[8][9] | Augustusplatz, Leipzig-Mitte | Offices, restaurant, viewing platform | 1972 | 142.5 metres (468 ft) | 36 | Hermann Henselmann[10] |
2. | ![]() more pictures | Hotel The Westin Leipzig[11] | Zentrum Nord, Leipzig-Mitte | Hotel | 1981 | 96 metres (315 ft) | 27 | Kajima architects, Tokio[12] |
3. | ![]() more pictures | Wintergartenhochhaus,[13][14] | next to Hauptbahnhof | Apartments | 1972 | 95.5 metres (313 ft) | 31 | Collective led by Frieder Gebhardt[15] |
4. | ![]() more pictures | MDR-Hochhaus[16] | Südvorstadt | Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk | 2000 | 65 metres (213 ft) | 13 | Architectural group Gondesen Plachnow Staack (GPS) with Struhk & Partner[17] |
5. | ![]() more pictures | High rise Löhrs Carré,[18][19] | Zentrum Nord, Leipzig-Mitte | Offices | 1997 | 65 metres (213 ft) | 17 | Wörle-Siebig Planungsgesellschaft, München[20] |
6. | ![]() | Center Torgauer Platz,[21][22] | Volkmarsdorf | Offices | 1995 | 63 metres (207 ft) | 12 | HPP Architekten with Gerd Heise[23] |
7. | ![]() more pictures | Europahaus,[24][25][26] | Augustusplatz, Leipzig-Mitte | Offices | 1930 | 56 metres (184 ft) | 13 | Otto Paul Burghardt[27] |
8. | ![]() | Magazine Tower of German National Library[28] | Zentrum Süd-Ost, Leipzig Mitte | Book magazine | 1982 | 55 metres (180 ft) | 18 | Dieter Seidlitz, Dresden[29] |
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),[30] 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 | Project planning for Wohnungsbaukombinat Erfurt |
36. | ![]() more pictures | Kroch High-rise, first high rise in Leipzig,[31][32][33] | 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[34] | Wissenschaftspark Leipzig, Permoserstraße 15 | Guest apartments (formerly isotope separation columns) | 1966 | 40 metres (131 ft) | 11 | Schneider and Mothes[35] |
39. | ![]() | Brühlpelz high rise[36] | Leipzig-Mitte, Brühl | Hotel | 1966 | 40 metres (131 ft) | 11 | Wolfgang Schreiner, Günther Seltz[37] |
See also
Literature
- Topfstedt, Thomas (1988). Städtebau in der DDR 1955–1971. Leipzig: VEB E. A. Seemann Verlag. ISBN 3-363-00364-1.
- Tesch, Joachim (2003). Bauen in Leipzig 1945-1990. Leipzig: Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Sachsen. ISBN 3-89819-159-1.
- Lütke Daldrup, Engelbert (1999). Leipzig Bauten / Buildings 1989-1999. Basel / Berlin / Boston: Birkhäuser. ISBN 3-7643-5957-9.
- Reuther, I. (2000). Prototyp und Sonderfall Über Hochhäuser in Leipzig. In: Rodenstein, M. (eds) Hochhäuser in Deutschland. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-99951-1_9
- Hocquél, Wolfgang (2004). Leipzig. Architektur. Von der Romanik bis zur Gegenwart. Leipzig: Passage-Verlag. ISBN 3-932900-54-5.
- Leonhardt, Peter (2007). Moderne in Leipzig. Architektur und Städtebau 1918-1933. Leipzig: Pro Leipzig. ISBN 978-3-936508-29-1.
- Ringel, Sebastian (2015). Leipzig! One Thousand Years of History. Leipzig: Author and Edition Leipzig in the Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG. ISBN 978-3-361-00710-9.
References
- ^ Flyer of the city of Leipzig "Bebauungsplan 392 – Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz"
- ^ Flyer of the city of Leipzig "Bebauungsplan 416 – Eutritzscher Straße Freiladebahnhof"
- ^ https://www.henn.com/de/projekt/wb-hochhausentwicklung-partheufer-leipzig
- ^ https://loewitz.de/de/aktuelles/kbnk-architekten-gewinnen-hochhauswettbewerb
- ^ https://www.klm-architekten.com/projekt/hochhaus-semmelweisstrasse/
- ^ Media release of the city of Leipzig, 26 January 2023: In Paunsdorf soll Sachsens erstes Hochhaus aus Holz entstehen (Translation: Saxony's first high-rise building made of wood is to be built in Paunsdorf)
- ^ Skyscraper project Goerdelerring
- ^ Topfstedt (1988), p. 86
- ^ Hocquél (2004), pp. 122–125
- ^ Hocquél (2004), p. 122
- ^ Tesch (2003), pp. 215–219
- ^ Ambros G. Gross, Gestaltung des Stadtzentrums – Geplantes und Gebautes, in: Joachim Tesch (ed.), Bauen in Leipzig 1945–1990, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Sachsen 2003, ISBN 3-89819-159-1, p. 219 (in German)
- ^ Topfstedt (1988), p. 85f.
- ^ Hocquél (2004), pp. 134–136
- ^ Hocquél (2004), p. 134
- ^ Hocquél (2004), pp. 284–286
- ^ ArchitekTouren Leipzig (in German)
- ^ Lütke Daldrup (1999), p. 227
- ^ Hocquél (2004), pp. 111f.
- ^ Hocquél (2004), S. 150
- ^ Lütke Daldrup (1999), pp. 130–133
- ^ Hocquél (2004), p. 250
- ^ Hocquél (2004), p. 250
- ^ Hocquél (2004), p. 122
- ^ Leonhardt (2017), pp. 35–37
- ^ Ringel (2015), p. 151
- ^ Hocquél (2004), p. 122
- ^ Hocquél (2004), pp. 277f.
- ^ Hocquél (2004), p. 278
- ^ Lütke Daldrup (1999), Residential High-Rise Bästleinstraße, pp. 170–173
- ^ Hocquél (2004), p. 79f.
- ^ Leonhardt (2007), pp. 31–35
- ^ Ringel (2015), p. 151
- ^ Hocquél (2004) p. 252f.
- ^ Hocquél (2004), p. 253
- ^ Topfstedt (1988), p. 88
- ^ Ambros G. Gross (2003), p. 197