List of tallest structures in Germany
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List of tallest structures of the different states in Germany.
[edit] Schleswig-Holstein
- FM- and TV-masts Bungsberg, 231 metres
Close to the site, there is a telecommunication tower of reinforced concrete, the Fernmeldeturm Bungsberg with an observation deck in a height of 40 metres.
[edit] Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- FM- and TV-Mast Hamburg-Billstedt, 300 metres
[edit] Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
- Chimney of block 6 of powerstation Bremen-Hafen, 250 metres
[edit] Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- FM and TV-mast Schwerin-Zippendorf, 273 metres
close to it, there is the 136 metre high TV Tower Schwerin-Zippendorf, a TV tower of reinforced concrete with an observation deck.
[edit] Berlin
- TV Tower Berlin, 368.03 metres
[edit] Brandenburg
- New longwave transmission mast Zehlendorf, 359.7 metres
[edit] Lower Saxony
- VLF transmission masts Saterland, 352.9 metres
[edit] Saxony-Anhalt
- longwave transmission mast Burg, 324 metres
[edit] Free State of Saxony
- Chimney of heating power station Chemnitz-Nord, 300 metres
- 3 chimneys of Kraftwerk Boxberg (Werk 1 und 2), 300 metres
[edit] Free State of Thuringia
- Chimneys of Heating Power Station Gera-Nord, 225 metres
- Chimney of Heating Power Station Jena, 225 metres
[edit] North Rhine-Westphalia
- Chimney of Power Station Westerholt, 337 metres (will soon be demolished)
- FM and TV-mast Wesel, 320.8 metres
[edit] Hesse
- Europe Tower (Telecommunication Tower Frankfurt), 337.5 metres
[edit] Rhineland-Palatinate
- FM- and TV Mast Scharteberg, 302 metres
[edit] Saarland
- FM- and TV Mast Riegelsberg, 287 metres
[edit] Baden-Württemberg
- Longwave transmission masts Donebach, 363 metres
[edit] Free State of Bavaria
- Telecommunication Tower Nuremburg, 292 metres
[edit] List of tallest structures of Germany
A list of Germany's tallest structures. The list contains all types of structures. Please correct and expand this list
Name | Pinnacle height | Year | Construction Type | Town | Remarks | |
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Berliner Fernsehturm | 1207 ft | 368 m | 1969 | Tower | Berlin | |
Sender Donebach | 1191 ft | 363 m | 1982 | Guyed Mast | Mudau-Donebach, Baden-Württemberg | 2 masts |
Sender Zehlendorf, new longwave transmission mast | 1180 ft | 359.7 m | 1979 | Guyed Mast | Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Brandenburg | |
Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau | 1177 ft | 358.6 m | 1978 | Guyed Mast | Berlin-Frohnau, Berlin | |
VLF transmitter DHO38 | 1177 ft | 352.9 m | 1982 | Guyed Mast | Saterland-Ramsloh, Lower Saxony | 8 masts, insulated against ground |
Sender Zehlendorf, old longwave transmission mast | 1180 ft | 351 m | 1962 | Guyed Mast | Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Brandenburg | destroyed on May 18th, 1978 at aircraft collision |
Sendemast SL3 | 1060 ft | 350 m | 1968 | Guyed Mast | Burg bei Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt | collapsed on February 18th, 1976 |
Transmitter Gartow, Radio mast Gartow 2 | 1129 ft | 344 m | 1977/78 | Guyed Mast | Gartow, Lower Saxony | |
Europaturm | 1107 ft | 337,5 m | 1979 | Tower | Frankfurt/Main, Hesse | |
Chimney of Power Station Westerholt | 1107 ft | 337.5 m | 1997 | Chimney | Gelsenkirchen, Northrhine-Westphalia | |
Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster | 1129 ft | 337 m | 1939 | Guyed Mast | Herzberg/Elster | insulated against ground, dismantled |
Radio mast Gartow 1 | 1073 ft | 327 m | Guyed Mast | Gartow, Lower Saxony | ||
FM- and TV-mast Behren-Bekel | 1060 ft | 323 m | 1961 | Guyed Mast | Behren-Bekel, Lower Saxony | |
Longwave radio mast Burg | 1060 ft | 323 m | 1953 | Guyed Mast | Burg bei Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt | |
FM and TV-mast Wesel | 1060 ft | 323 m | 1953 | Guyed Mast | Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Sender Scharteberg | 988 ft | 302 m | 1985 | Guyed Mast | Scharteberg Mountain, Rhineland-Palatinate | |
Sender Bielstein | 988 ft | 302 m | 1985/86 | Guyed Mast | Bielstein Mountain, North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Main radio mast Langenberg | 988 ft | 301 m | 1989 | Guyed Mast | Velbert-Langenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Chimney of Power Plant Scholven | 984 ft | 302 m | Chimney | Gelsenkirchen | ||
UKW-Sendemast Hamburg | 951 ft | 300 m | 1960 | Guyed Mast | Hamburg-Billstedt, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg | |
Chimney of Power Plant Jänschwalde | 984 ft | 300 m | 1981 | Chimney | Jänschwalde | |
Chimney of Power Plant Chemnitz | 984 ft | 300 m | Chimney | Chemnitz | ||
Chimney of Buschhaus Power Station | 984 ft | 300 m | 1984 | Chimney | Helmstedt, Lower-Saxony | |
Chimney of Herne Power Station | 984 ft | 300 m | 1989 | Chimney | Herne, Northrhine-Westphalia | |
Chimney of Walsum Power Station | 984 ft | 300 m | 1988 | Chimney | Walsum, Northrhine-Westphalia | |
Chimney of Lippendorf Power Station | 984 ft | 300 m | 1967 | Chimney | Lippendorf, Saxony | demolished in 2005 |
Chimney of Thierbach Power Station | 984 ft | 300 m | ? | Chimney | Espenhain, Saxony | demolished |
Chimneys of Boxberg Power Station | 300 m | ? | Chimney | Boxberg, Sachsen | ||
Chimneys of Marl-Chemiepark Power Station | 300 m | ? | Chimney | Marl, Northrhine-Westphalia | ||
Transmitter Steinkimmen | 951 ft | 298 m | 1956 | Guyed Mast | Steinkimmen, Lower Saxony | |
Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg | 958 ft | 292 m | 1977 | Tower | Nuremburg, Bavaria | |
Olympiaturm | 950 ft | 289.5 m | 1968 | Tower | Munich, Bavaria | |
Transmitter Riegelsberg | 951 ft | 287 m | Guyed Mast | Riegelsberg, Saarland | ||
Telemax | 926 ft | 282.2 m | 1992 | Germany | Hannover, Lower-Saxony | |
Chimney of Bergkamen Power Station | 282 m | 1981 | Chimney | Bergkamen, Northrhine-Westphalia | ||
Chimney of Werdohl-Elveringsen Power Station | 282 m | ? | Chimney | Werdohl, Northrhine-Westphalia | ||
Longwave transmitter Europe 1, Mast 1 | 951 ft | 282 m | 1954/55 | Guyed Mast | Felsberg-Berus, Saarland | insulated against ground |
Longwave transmitter Europe 1, Mast 2 | 951 ft | 280 m | 1954/55 | Guyed Mast | Felsberg-Berus, Saarland | insulated against ground |
Transmitter Dieblich-Naßheck | 951 ft | 280 m | Guyed Mast | Dieblich-Naßheck, Rhineland-Palatina | ||
Heinrich-Hertz-Turm | 918 ft | 279,7 m | Tower | Hamburg | 1968 | |
Longwave transmitter Europe 1, Mast 3 | 951 ft | 276 m | 1954/55 | Guyed Mast | Felsberg-Berus, Saarland | insulated against ground |
Chimney of Ibbenbüren Power Station | 984 ft | 275 m | 1985 | Chimney | Ibbenbüren, Northrhine-Westphalia | |
Longwave transmitter Europe 1, Mast 4 | 951 ft | 270 m | 1954/55 | Guyed Mast | Felsberg-Berus, Saarland | insulated against ground |
Main transmission mast Mühlacker | 951 ft | 273 m | Guyed Mast | Mühlacker, Baden-Württemberg | insulated against ground | |
Schwerin-Zippendorf Transmission Mast | 814 ft | 273 m | Guyed Mast | Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Close to TV Tower Schwerin-Zippendorf | |
Colonius | 266m | 1981 | Tower | Cologne, Northrhine-Westphalia | ||
Sender Aholming | 951 ft | 265 m | Guyed Mast | Aholming, Bavaria | 2 masts | |
Central masts Nauen | 814 ft | 260 m | 1920 | Guyed Mast | Nauen | dismantled in 1945 |
Commerzbank Tower | 951 ft | 259 m | 1997 | Skyscraper | Frankfurt/Main, Hesse | |
transmitter Dannenberg | 951 ft | 258 m | Guyed Mast | Dannenberg, Lower Saxony | ||
MesseTurm | 951 ft | 257 m | Skyscraper | Frankfurt/Main, Hesse | 1990 | |
longwave transmitter Erching | 951 ft | 256 m | 1953 | Guyed Mast | Erching, Bavaria | dismantled |
Chimney Hamburg-Port | 256 m | ? | Chimny | Hamburg | demolished. At its demolition by explosives in April 2004 further damages occured, because debris flew on other trucks as calculated | |
Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf | 837 ft | 255 m | 1975 | Tower | Koblenz-Kühkopf, Rhineland-Palatina | |
Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz | 814 ft | 252 m | Tower | Dresden, Saxony | ||
Central Mast Eilvese | 814 ft | 250 m | 1913 | Guyed Mast | Eilvese | demolished in 1931 |
Chimney of Voerde Power Station | 984 ft | 250 m | 1982 | Chimney | Voerde, Northrhine-Westphalia | |
Chimney Grosskrotzenburg Power Station | 250 m | Chimney | Großkrotzenburg, Hessen | |||
Chimney Lünen Power Station | 250 m | Chimney | Lünen, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Chimney of Unit 6 of Bremen-Hafen Power Station | 814 ft | 250 m | Chimney | Bremen | ||
Chimney of Altbach Power Station | 814 ft | 250 m | Chimney | Altbach, Baden-Württemberg | ||
Chimney of Heilbronn Power Station | 814 ft | 250 m | Chimney | Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg | ||
Chimney of Wilhelmshaven Power Station | 250 m | 1976 | Chimney | Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony | ||
Chimneys Duisburg-Schwelgern | 250 m | Chimneys | Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |||
Chimney Duisburg-Neuenkamp | 250 m | Chimney | Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |||
Chimney Duisburg-Hochfeld | 250 m | Chimney | Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |||
Chimney of Mehrum Power Station | 250 m | Chimney | Hohenhameln, Lower Saxony | |||
Transmitter Berlin-Koepenick, main mast | 814 ft | 248 m | 1953 | Guyed Mast | Berlin | insulated against ground, demolished |
Transmitter Saarburg | 814 ft | 245 m | Guyed Mast | Saarburg, Saarland | ||
Central Tower Königs Wusterhausen | 243 m | 1925 | Tower | Königs Wusterhausen | collapsed on November 15, 1972 | |
Transmitter Torfhaus | 797 ft | 243 m | Guyed Mast | Torfhaus, Lower Saxony | ||
Chimney of Marl-Chemiepark Power Station | 241 m | ? | Chimney | Marl, Northrhine-Westphalia | ||
Chimney of Scholven A Power Station | 984 ft | 240,5 m | Chimney | Gelsenkirchen, Northrhine-Westphalia | ||
Maintower | 787 ft | 240 m | 1999 | Skyscraper | Frankfurt/Main, Hesse | Roof height: 200 m |
Chimney of Voerde Power Station | 240 m | Chimney | Voerde, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Chimneys of Bexbach Power Station | 240 m | Chimney | Beibach, Saarland | |||
Chimney of Cuno Power Station | 240 m | Chimney | Herdecke, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Transmitter Thurnau | 787 ft | 240 m | 1980 | Guyed Mast | Thurnau, Free State of Bavaria | insulated against ground |
Steel tube radio mast Langenberg | 787 ft | 240 m | 1940/41 | Guyed Mast | Velbert-Langenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia | insulated against ground, demolished on April 12th, 1945 |
Transmitter Cremlingen | 787 ft | 240 m | 1965 | Guyed Mast | Cremlingen, Lower-Saxony | insulated against ground, in 1978 height reduced to 188 metres |
Bodenseesender, main mast | 787 ft | 240 m | 1978 | Guyed Mast | Messkirch, Baden-Württemberg | insulated against ground |
Transmitter Wiederau | 774 ft | 236 m | 1953 | Guyed Mast | Wiederau, Free State of Saxony | two masts, one insulated against ground |
Fernmeldeturm Bremen-Walle | 235,7 m | ? | Tower | Bremen-Walle | ||
Chimney Power Station Schwandorf | 235 m | Chimney | Schwandorf, Bavaria | demolished | ||
Rheinturm Düsseldorf | 234,2 m | 1981 | Tower | Düsseldorf, Northrhine-Westphalia | ||
Chimneys of Niederaussem Power Station | 234 m | Chimney | Niederaußem, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Longwave transmitter Europe 1, Backup antenna | 951 ft | 234 m | 1954/55 | Guyed Mast | Felsberg-Berus, Saarland | 2 masts, insulated against ground |
Chimney Heating Power Station Karlsruhe | 233 m | Chimney | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg | |||
Chimneys Weiher Power Station | 232 m | Chimney | Quierschied-Weiher, Saarland | |||
Radio Mast Bungsberg | 758 ft | 231 m | 1960 | Guyed Mast | Bungsberg, Schleswig-Holstein | close to Fernmeldeturm Bungsberg |
Transmitter Dillberg | 758 ft | 231 m | 1978 | Guyed Mast | Dillberg, Free State of Bavaria | grounded mast with cage antenna for MW |
Transmitter Stollberg | 758 ft | 231 m | 1993 | Guyed Mast | Stollberg, North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Fernmeldeturm Kiel | 230 m | 1972 | Tower | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein | ||
Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Turm | 230 m | Tower | Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony | |||
Chimney of Voerde Power Station | 230 m | Chimney | Voerde, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Chimney of Castrop-Rauxel Power Station | 230 m | Chimney | Castrop-Rauxel, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Radio mast Berlin-Scholzplatz | 755 ft | 230 m | 1963 | Guyed Mast | Berlin | |
Radio Mast Leichlingen | 751 ft | 229 m | ? | Guyed Mast | Leichlingen, Northrhine-Palatina | |
Elbe Crossing 2 | 227 m | 1976–1978 | Germany | Stade, Lower Saxony; Hetlinger Schanze, Schleswig-Holstein | Two electricity pylons | |
Transmitter Aurich-Popens | 751 ft | 227 m | ? | Guyed Mast | Aurich, Lower Saxony | |
Lingen transmitter | 751 ft | 227 m | Guyed Mast | Lingen, Lower Saxony | Grounded mast with cage aerial for MF | |
Chimney of Heyden Power Station | 227 m | Chimney | Petershagen, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Chimney of Heating Power Station Gera-Nord | 814 ft | 225 m | Chimney | Gera, Thuringia | ||
Chimney Power Station Jena | 225 m | Chimney | Jena, Thuringia | |||
Bleialf transmitter | 751 ft | 224 m | Guyed Mast | Bleialf, Rhineland-Palatina | ||
Fernmeldeturm Münster 42 | 222.5 m | 1986 | Tower | Münster, Northrhine-Westphalia | ||
Chimney of powerstation Schilling | 722 ft | 220 m | 1962 | Chimney | Stade, Lower Saxony | |
Chimneys of Bayer-Power Station Leverkusen | 220 m | Chimney | Leverkusen, Northrhine-Westphalia | were used until 1944 as carrier for Bayer Cross Leverkusen | ||
Transmitter Schwabach | 722 ft | 220 m | ? | Guyed Mast | Schwabach, Bavaria | |
Transmitter Hoher Meisner, FM- and TV transmission mast | 722 ft | 220 m | ? | Guyed Mast | Hoher Meisner, Hesse | |
Rimberg transmitter | 722 ft | 220 m | ? | Guyed Mast | Rimberg, Hesse | |
Florianturm | 219,6 m | 1959 | Tower | Dortmund, Northrhine-Westphalia | ||
Transmitter Büttelberg | 722 ft | 219 m | ? | Guyed Mast | Büttelberg, Bavaria | |
Cloppenburg transmitter | 722 ft | 219 m | ? | Guyed Mast | Cloppenburg, Lower-Saxony | |
Heidelstein transmitter | 722 ft | 218 m | ? | Guyed Mast | Heidelstein, Bavaria | |
Chimney of West Power Station | 984 ft | 218 m | 1970 | Chimney | Voerde, Northrhine-Westphalia | |
Fernsehturm Stuttgart | 216,8 m | 1956 | Tower | Stuttgart-Degerloch, Baden-Württemberg | World's first concrete TV tower | |
Flensburg-Engelsby transmitter | 215 m | ? | Guyed Mast | Flensburg-Engelsby, Schleswig-Holstein | Grounded mast with cage antenna for MF | |
Transmitter Hühnerberg | 1144 ft | 212 m | 1985 | Guyed Mast | Hühnerberg, Bavaria | |
Transmitter Göttelborner Höhe | 689 ft | 211 m | ? | Guyed Mast | Saarbrücken, Saarland | |
Chimney Power Station Moers-Meerbeck | 210 m | Chimney | Moers-Meerbeck, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Chimney Power Station Dortmund-Derne | 210 m | Chimney | Dortmund-Derne, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Chimney Karlsruhe | 210 m | Chimney | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg | |||
Chimney of Gustav Knepper Power Station | 210 m | Chimney | Dortmund, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Goliath transmitter central masts | 689 ft | 210 m | 1943 | Guyed Mast | Kalbe an der Milbe, Saxony-Anhalt | 3 guyed masts, insulated against ground, dismantled in 199ß |
Old TV transmission mast Langenberg | 689 ft | 210 m | 1952 | Guyed Mast | Velbert-Langenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia | dismantled in 199ß |
Transmitter Koenigs Wusterhausen | 689 ft | 210 m | 1925 | Guyed Mast | Koenigs Wusterhausen, Brandenburg | insulated against ground |
Deutschlandsender Zeesen | 689 ft | 210 m | 1927 | Guyed Mast | Zeesen, Brandenburg | dismantled |
Central Masts of Goliath Transmitter | 814 ft | 210 m | 1913 | Guyed Mast | Calbe an der Milbe | insulated against ground, dismantled in 1945 |
Steel tube radio masts Burg | 1144 ft | 210 m | Guyed Mast | Burg, Saxony-Anhalt | 2 masts, insulated against ground | |
Kettrichhof transmitter | 1144 ft | 210 m | Guyed Mast | Lemberg (Palatina), Rhineland-Palatina | ||
Transmitter Biedenkopf-Sackpfeife | 1144 ft | 210 m | 1987 | Guyed Mast | Biedenkopf, Hesse | |
Transmitter Kreuzberg | 1144 ft | 208 m | 1985 | Guyed Mast | Kreuzberg, Bavaria | |
Westendtower | 1144 ft | 208 m | 1993 | Skyscraper | Frankfurt/Main, Hesse | |
Transmitter Hornisgrinde | 206 m | 1972 | Tower | Hornisgrinde, Baden-Württemberg | ||
Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Laasow | 205 m | 2006 | Wind turbine on lattice tower | Laasow, Brandenburg | 160 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 90 metres diametre | |
Fernsehturm Donnersberg | 204.82 m | 1962 | Tower | Donnersberg, Rhineland-Palatina | ||
Fernmeldeturm Mannheim | 204,8 m | 1975 | Tower | Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg | ||
Chimney Dresden-Reick | 204 m | Chimney | Dresden-Reick, Saxony | |||
TV tower Helpterberge | 203,2 m | 1981 | Tower | Helpterberge, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | ||
Chimney Power Station Franken II | 202 m | 1963/64 | Chimney | Erlangen, Bavaria | demolished in 2001 | |
Chimney Power Station Mannheim-Neckarau | 200 m | Chimney | Mannheim-Neckarau, Baden-Württemberg | |||
Chimney Ludwigshafen | 200 m | Chimney | Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatina | |||
Chimney Leverkusen | 200 m | Chimney | Leverkusen, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Chimney Essen-Karnap | 200 m | Chimney | Essen-Karnap, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Chimney Power Station Hamm-Schmehausen | 200 m | Chimney | Hamm-Schmehausen, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Mainflingen longwave transmission masts | 200 m | ? | Guyed Masts | Multiple guyed masts, insulated against ground carrying T- and triangle antennas for longwave transmitters | ||
Cooling Tower of Niederaussem Power Station | 200 m | ? | Cooling Tower | Niederaußem, Northrhine-Westphalia | World's tallest cooling tower | |
Chimneys of Frimmersdorf Power Station | 200 m | Chimney | Frimmersdorf, Northrhine-Westphalia | |||
Chimney of Irsching Power Station | 200 m | Chimney | Irsching, Bavaria | |||
Stadtwerketurm | 200 m | 1967 | Chimney | Duisburg, Northrhine-Westphalia | ||
Chimney Breitungen | 200 m | Chimney | Breitungen, Thuringia | |||
Chimneys Wilhelmshaven | 200 m | Chimney | Wilhelmshaven, Lower-Saxony | |||
Chimney of Schkopau Power Station | 200 m | Chimney | Schkopau, Saxony-Anhalt | |||
Chimney of Schwedt Power Station | 200 m | Chimney | Schwedt, Brandenburg | |||
Meteorological mast of Nuclear Research Centre Karlsruhe | 200 m | Guyed Mast | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg |