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. 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).

In 2022 it became known that a residential complex, the Mockauer Tor, was to be built in the area of the Berlin Bridge located north of Leipzig Central Station on the border of the three boroughs Mitte, Nord (North) and Nordost (Northeast). Even a slim high-rise up to 60 metres (197 ft) tall would be possible – but there is no investor for that yet.

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
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
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)	31	Collective led by Frieder Gebhardt
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
7.	more pictures	Europahaus,	Augustusplatz, Leipzig-Mitte	Offices	1930	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
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	Project planning for Wohnungsbaukombinat Erfurt
36.	more pictures	Kroch High-rise, first high rise 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

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Germany
• Architecture of Leipzig

Literature

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