Hamburg

Germany

Facts

Population

1,845,229 (2022)

Tallest Building

Buildings

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height
1 Ruine St. Nikolai
147.9 m / 485  ft
2 Petrikirche
133 m / 436  ft
3 Michaeliskirche
132 m / 433  ft
4 Hauptkirche St. Jacobi
125 m / 410  ft
5 Katharinenkirche
115 m / 377  ft
6 Elbphilharmonie
110 m / 361  ft
7 Hamburg Rathaus
109.8 m / 360  ft
8 Radisson SAS Hamburg
108 m / 354  ft
9 Mundsburg Turm I
101.4 m / 333  ft
10 Emporio
98 m / 322  ft

Global News

26 August 2025

Tenants Move into Recently Completed Hamburg High-Rise

In the western part of Hamburg's HafenCity, the first tenants have moved into the EDGE HafenCity office building designed by architecture firm HENN. After around...

 

27 November 2023

Potential Acquisition for Halted Hamburg Skyscraper

German logistics entrepreneur Klaus-Michael Kuehne is exploring the possibility of acquiring the 57-story Elbtower high-rise project. On 7 November, CTBUH reported that the Elbtower came...

 

07 November 2023

Hamburg Skyscraper Construction Halted

Construction work on the proposed 57-story Elbtower has come to a sudden stop after it has been reported in Reuters that the developer stopped making...

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