List of tallest buildings in Braunschweig
This list of tallest buildings in Braunschweig (or Brunswick) ranks high-rise buildings and important landmarks that reach a height of 38 meters (125 feet). The tallest structure in the city is the Chimney of the BS Energy factory in the center at 198 meters and the 154.65-meter-high Fernmeldeturm Broitzem, a television tower built in 1971, is the second tallest structure in the city. [1] Most of Braunschweig's high-rise buildings are located around Berliner Platz at the main train station and the adjacent Willy-Brandt-Platz, which was named on December 18, 2013, to mark the centenary of Willy Brandt's birth.[2] Braunschweig's newest and tallest high-rise buildings are located in the new office complex called BraWoPark.[3] Braunschweig's tallest building, the 90-meters-high Posthochhaus, was built from 1986 to 1990 according to the plans of architects Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
| Rank | Name | Image | Height m (ft) |
Floors | Year completed | Use / Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heizkraftwerk-Mitte | 198.2 m (650 ft) | 1986 | Chimney | |||
| Fernmeldeturm Broitzem | 154.65 m (507 ft) | 1971 | Telecommunications tower | |||
| St. Andreas | 93 m (305 ft) | 1532, 1742 | Tallest church tower | |||
| St. Katharinen | 82.18 m (270 ft) | 1379 | ||||
| 1 | Posthochhaus (Business-Centers I - BrawoPark) | 90 m (295 ft) | 15 | 1990 | Built as an administrative high-rise for the German Federal Post Office. Roof height: 65 m (213 ft) | |
| 2 | Business-Centers II - BrawoPark | 80 m (262 ft) | 20 | 2015 | Office | |
| 3 | Business-Centers III - BrawoPark | 68 m (223 ft) | 19 | 2023 | Office | |
| 3 | Hochhaus der Braunschweigischen Landessparkasse | 68 m (223 ft) | 15 | 1974 | Seat of Braunschweigische Landessparkasse | |
| 5 | Hochhaus am Schwarzen Berge | 66 m (217 ft) | 22 | 1969 | Residential | |
| 6 | Ring-Center | 62 m (203 ft) | 18 | 1975 | Residential | |
| Braunschweig Town Hall | 61 m (200 ft) | 1900 | ||||
| 7 | Atrium-Hochhaus I | 59 m (194 ft) | 20 | 1971 | Residential | |
| 7 | TU-Hochhaus, Mühlenpfordtstraße | 59 m (194 ft) | 13 | 1976 | Home of the Institute for Building and Solar Technology and other institutes of the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Braunschweig. | |
| 9 | TU-Hochhaus, Pockelsstraße | 58.7 m (193 ft) | 16 | 1956 | Braunschweig University of Technology | |
| 10 | Hochhaus Jenastieg | 56 m (184 ft) | 17 | 1969 | Residential | |
| 11 | TU-Hochhaus, Hans-Sommer-Straße | 54 m (177 ft) | Braunschweig University of Technology | 1974 | New technical town hall | |
| 12 | Atrium-Hochhaus II | 48 m (157 ft) | 14 | 1971 | Residential | |
| 12 | Atrium-Hochhaus III | 48 m (157 ft) | 14 | 1971 | Residential | |
| 14 | Haus der Wissenschaft | 47 m (154 ft) | 8 | 1937 | House of Science | |
| 15 – 17 | Hochhäuser Emsstraße 12, 14, 16 | 43 m (141 ft) | 14 | 1974 | Residential | |
| 18 | Hochhaus Berliner Platz 2A | 42 m (138 ft) | 13 | Residential | ||
| 18 | Hochhaus Augustinum | 42 m (138 ft) | 13 | Residential | ||
| 20 | Bürohaus Wendenring | 40 m (131 ft) | 12 | Office | ||
| 20 | Hochhaus Celler Straße | 40 m (131 ft) | 12 | 1960s | Residential | |
| 22 | Studentenwohnanlage APM (Affenfelsen) | 39 m (128 ft) | 14 | 1976 | Student residence | |
| 22 | Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 18 | 39 m (128 ft) | 12 | 1978 | Residential | |
| 24 | Hochhaus Theodor Heuss | 38 m (125 ft) | 12 | 1974 | Residential |