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Tall buildings in Frankfurt
Frankfurt's skyline in 2024
Tallest buildingCommerzbank Tower (1997)
Tallest building height258.7 m (950 ft)
Tallest structureEuropaturm (1979)
Tallest structure height337.5 m (1,107 ft)
First 150 m+ buildingWestend Gate (1976)
Number of tall buildings
Buildings above 100 m43 (2025)
Buildings above 150 m20 (2025)
Buildings above 200 m6 (2025)
Frankfurt with the new Seat of the European Central Bank in 2015
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Frankfurt is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Sitting at the heart of the Rhine-Main metropolitan region, which has a population of over 5.9 million, Frankfurt is considered the financial capital of Germany. Frankfurt is one of the few European cities with a sizeable concentration of tall buildings in its city centre. The city is often referred to as "Mainhattan", a portmanteau of Manhattan and the river of Main that runs through the city.[1][2][3] Frankfurt is home to the majority of Germany's skyscrapers, including its 15 tallest. Its skyline is one of the largest in the European Union, and by far the largest in Germany.

As of 2025, Frankfurt has 43 high-rises that reach a height of 100 metres (328 ft), 20 of which are taller than 150 m (492 ft). The tallest building in Frankfurt is the 56-storey Commerzbank Tower, which rises to a height of 259 m (850 ft) and was built in 1997.[4] It is the second tallest building in the European Union. Reflecting the city's role as a financial centre, it houses the headquarters of Commerzbank. However, the tallest free-standing structure in the city is the Europaturm, a 337 m (1,106 ft) tall telecommunication tower, located to the north of the skyline.

After undergoing extensive bombing during World War II, which destroyed Frankfurt's medieval city centre, the city mostly embraced modernist architecture during reconstruction. Frankfurt's high-rise boom began in earnest during the 1970s, and the construction of new skyscrapers has been steady since. Frankfurt has nearly doubled the size of its skyline in the 21st century, with 22 buildings taller than 100 m (328 ft) in 2000, compared to 43 today. The latest major addition is the mixed-use Four complex in 2025, consisting of four skyscrapers, the tallest of which is Frankfurt's third tallest building.

Most of Frankfurt's high-rises are located in the central districts of Innenstadt, Westend-Süd, and Bahnhofsviertel, north of the Main river. They form an area commonly known as Bankenviertel (Banking Quarter), which has no exact borders. There are a few buildings taller than 100 m (328 ft) dispersed outside the area, the most notable of which is the headquarters of the European Central Bank, which sits on the Main to the east of the city centre.

History

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Number of buildingsYear0102030405019601970198019902000201020202030Buildings taller than 100 m (328 ft)Buildings taller than 150 m (492 ft)Buildings taller than 200 m (656 ft)Growth of skyscrapers in Frankfurt by year
City Gate, Frankfurt's oldest high-rise

1940s–1960s

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Frankfurt did not have a history of high-rise construction before World War II. As one of Germany's largest cities, Frankfurt was extensively bombed by Allied forces throughout the war, mainly between 1940 and 1945, leading to the destruction of much of its city centre.[5][6] Reconstruction of the city took place from 1945, during which simpler buildings designed in the modernist style were preferred, as they were quicker to build.[7][8]

The first high-rises would only appear in the 1960s, however, with one of the city's first high-rises, the Büro Center Nibelungenplatz (now City Gate), being built outside of the city centre, in the Nordend-West district, in 1966. It was the first high-rise to surpass 50 m (164 ft) and 100 m (328 ft) in height. The tower, originally built for Shell, was part of a development plan comprising the entire northern Alleenring, the ringroad surrounding Frankfurt.[9] However, while not an inhabitable building, the grain storage silo of Henninger Turm was completed earlier in 1961 at a height of 120 m (394 ft), with a circular observation tower.[10]

1970s–1980s

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Frankfurt's skyline in the winter of 1979

From the 1970s onward, high-rise development would mostly occur in the city centre, brought about by increasing demand for office space, and initially concentrated in the district of Westend. The area around these new skyscrapers would come to be known as Bankenviertel. The first building taller than 100 m (328 ft) there was AfE-Turm. Buitl in 1972, it formed part of the Bockenheim campus of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, and until 2013, housed the offices and seminar rooms of the departments of Social Sciences and Education. It was Frankfurt's tallest building for two years, being surpassed by City-Haus in 1974. The 142 m (466 ft) City-Haus was also known as "Selmi-Hochhaus" after the Persian builder Ali Selmi.[11][12]

The title of the tallest building in Frankfurt was broken two more times in the 1970s as building heights rose, first with Westend Gate in 1976, the first skyscraper to surpass 150 m (492 ft) in height. It, too, was only the tallest building for two years, as it was surpassed by the Silberturm (Silver Tower) in 1978. These new towers served as major financial headquarters in the 1970s, including Commerzbank, Dresdner Bank, DZ Bank. Southeast of the city centre in the Sachsenhausen district, the Leonardo Royal Hotel Frankfurt was completed in 1972.[13]

In 1974, construction began on the Europaturm ("Europe Tower") telecommunication tower, which was completed in 1979 north of the city centre.[14] At 338 m (1,107 ft), it was the tallest free-standing structure in West Germany; however, it was bested by the Fernsehturm Berlin, which is over 30 metres (98 ft) taller. Skyscraper construction slowed down slightly in the 1980s, as only four high-rises above 100 m (328 ft) were completed in that decade, compared to nine in the 1970s. The most signficant skyscrapers built in this period were the Deutsche Bank Twin Towers, built as the headquarters for Deutsche Bank. The trapezoidal towers feature a reflective glass facade.

1990s–2000s

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Commerzbank Tower under construction in 1990

The 1990s saw the addition of two major skyscrapers that form the two tallest icons in the skyline today. The first of these was Messeturm, completed in 1990 as the tallest building in Frankfurt, in Germany, and in all of Europe. Designed by German-American architect Helmut Jahn, the tower's postmodern form is a departure from the city's earlier skyscrapers. Its pointed design resembles the Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta and the Key Tower in Cleveland, both built around the same time. The second is Commerzbank Tower, designed by Foster & Partners as the new headquarters of Commerzbank, replacing the Global Tower built in 1973.

When Commerzbank was planned in the early 1990s, Frankfurt's Green Party, who governed the city together with the Social Democratic Party, encouraged Commerzbank to design a 'green' skyscraper. The result was the world's first so-called "ecological skyscraper": besides the use of 'sky-gardens', environmentally friendly technologies were employed to reduce energy required for heating and cooling.[15] Other major completions included the Westendstrasse 1, then the city's second-tallest building, in 1993, and Main Tower, then Frankfurt's fourth-tallest, in 1999. Both Main Tower and Commerzbank Tower feature antenna spires that increase the building's height significantly; in the case of Commerzbank Tower, the antenna gives the building the height of a supertall skyscraper, at 300.1 m (985 ft).

Development continued into the 2000s, with the tallest new developments remaining office towers. Building heights were somewhat shorter in this decade, with the tallest building completed being Opernturm at 170 m (558 ft). Westhafen Tower was completed in 2004 in the Westhafen area, on the northern bank of the river Main. Somewhat isolated from the main Bankenviertel cluster, it forms the peak of a small group of high-rises south of the main train station.

2010s–present

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Four I, the tallest of the skyscrapers of the Four mixed-use complex

Frankfurt's building boom was mostly unaffected by the Great Recession, and an uptick in height took place in 2010s compared to the previous decade. Four skyscrapers taller than 150 m (492 ft) were completed in this decade, the tallest of which is Tower 185 in 2011. The second tallest was the new seat of the European Central Bank, completed in 2014. The central bank's previously resided in the Eurotower, which was built during the building boom of the 1970s. The building's history dates back to 2002 with the launch of a design competition.[16] The architectural concept of the building is a "monolithic block" divided by a "hyperbolic cut", and then further twisted and filled with glass atriums.[17] The tower stands alone from other high-rises, to the east of the skyscrapers in Bankenviertel, creating a "counterpoint" to the main skyline.[18]

The increasing demand for real estate, the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, and a favorable economic development in Germany led to a boom in high-rise construction from 2015 onwards. With the 180 m (591 ft) Grand Tower, Germany's tallest residential high-rise has been located in Frankfurt am Main since its completion in 2020.[19][20] After Brexit, Commerzbank Tower briefly regained the title of the tallest building in the European Union, which had been surpassed by The Shard in London in 2012. It would soon lose it again to Varso Tower in Warsaw in 2022, although Commerzbank Tower remains taller by roof height.

AfE-Turm, formerly Frankfurt's tallest building, was demolished in 2014, as the university's departments of Social Sciences and Education moved out in 2013. It was replaced with the Senckenberg-Quarter in 2023, including the One Forty West skyscraper.[21] One Forty West has a distinctive parametric facade on its upper floors,[22][23] reflecting a growth in skyscrapers with unique designs, such as the glass-clad Omniturm in 2020, with a notable "hip curve" halfway up the building.[24] The Henninger Turm grain silo was demolished in 2013, with a new 140 m (460 ft)-tall residential skyscraper built in its place. The tower, completed in 2017, deliberately evokes the shape of the old silo, making it one of Frankfurt's most distinctive buildings.[25]

In 2018, construction started on Four, a major mixed-use skyscraper project consisting of four towers, hence the name. The site was originally owned by Deutsche Bank, which commissioned a design competition for a new office tower, but plans were shelved in the 2000s, and the siste was sold to developer Groß & Partner. The towers sit on a shared podium, and feature vertical "kinks" that provide more sunlight on the lower floors.[26] The tallest of the buildings, Four I, is currently Frankfurts third tallest building.

Cityscape

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Frankfurt from the Goethe Tower, featuring the skyscrapers of Bankenviertel and the new Henninger Turm (left), Europaturm (centre) and the Seat of the European Central Bank (far right)

Tallest buildings

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This lists ranks the tallest buildings in Frankfurt that stand at least 100 metres (328 ft) tall as of 2025, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Only habitable building are ranked which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, steeples, chimneys and other tall architectural structures. These buildings are included for comparison. The “Year” column indicates the year of completion.

  Was the tallest building in Frankfurt upon completion
Rank Name Image Location Height

m (ft)

Floors Purpose Year Notes
N/A Europaturm Bockenheim
Ginnheimer Stadtweg 90

50°08′07″N 8°39′17″E / 50.135246°N 8.654711°E / 50.135246; 8.654711 (Europaturm)

337.5 (1,107) N/A Communication 1979 [27]Television tower. Second-tallest structure in Germany after the Fernsehturm Berlin. Due to its shape, it has been given the nickname Ginnheimer Spargel (Ginnheim Asparagus). Not a habitable structure; included for comparison purposes.
1 Commerzbank Tower Innenstadt
Große Gallusstraße 17–19

50°06′40″N 8°40′28″E / 50.111092°N 8.674403°E / 50.111092; 8.674403 (Commerzbank Tower)

258.7 (849) 56 Office 1997 [28]Tallest building in Europe from 1997 to 2003. Tallest building in the European Union from 1997 to 2011. Tallest building in Frankfurt and in Germany since 1997. Tallest building completed in Frankfurt in the 1990s. Height including the antenna is 300 metres. Headquarters of Commerzbank.
2 Messeturm Westend-Süd
Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49

50°06′45″N 8°39′10″E / 50.112381°N 8.652788°E / 50.112381; 8.652788 (Messeturm)

256.5 (842) 63 Office 1990 [29]Tallest building in Frankfurt, in Germany, and in Europe from 1990 to 1997. Its main tenants are Goldman Sachs and Thomson Reuters.
3 Four I Innenstadt
Große Gallusstraße 10-14
50°06′44″N 8°40′25″E / 50.11227°N 8.673556°E / 50.11227; 8.673556 (Four I) 		233 (764) 59 Mixed-use 2025 [30][31][32]Topped out in 2025. Has the highest habitable floor of any building in Frankfurt, ignoring mechanical floors. Tallest building completed in Frankfurt in the 2020s.
4 Westendstrasse 1 Westend-Süd
Westendstraße 1
50°06′38″N 8°39′45″E / 50.110603°N 8.662376°E / 50.110603; 8.662376 (Westendstrasse 1) 		208 (682) 53 Office 1993 [33]Headquarters of DZ Bank.
5 Main Tower Innenstadt
Neue Mainzer Straße 52–58
50°06′45″N 8°40′20″E / 50.112514°N 8.672199°E / 50.112514; 8.672199 (Main Tower) 		200 (656) 55 Office 1999 [34]Height including the antenna is 240 metres. Its main tenants are Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen and Standard & Poor's.
6 Tower 185 Gallus
Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 35–37
50°06′36″N 8°39′21″E / 50.110115°N 8.655896°E / 50.110115; 8.655896 (Tower 185) 		200 (656) 55 Office 2011 [35]Main tenant is PricewaterhouseCoopers. Tallest building completed in Frankfurt in the 2010s.
7 ONE Innenstadt
Osloer Straße
50°06′37″N 8°39′13″E / 50.110291°N 8.653681°E / 50.110291; 8.653681 (ONE) 		190.9 (626) 49 Mixed-use 2022 [36]Mixed-use hotel and office skyscraper, with a hotel operated by NH Hotel Group. There is a public bar with a surrounding roof terrace near the roof.
8 Omniturm Innenstadt
Große Gallusstraße 16–18
50°06′42″N 8°40′23″E / 50.11161°N 8.673127°E / 50.11161; 8.673127 (Omniturm) 		189.9 (623) 45 Mixed-use 2020 [37]Mixed-use office and residential skyscraper.
9 Trianon Westend-Süd
Mainzer Landstraße 16–24
50°06′46″N 8°40′00″E / 50.112724°N 8.66677°E / 50.112724; 8.66677 (Trianon) 		186 (610) 45 Office 1993 [38]Main tenant is DekaBank.
10 Seat of the European Central Bank Ostend
Sonnemannstraße / Rückertstraße
50°06′33″N 8°42′12″E / 50.109062°N 8.703276°E / 50.109062; 8.703276 (Seat of the European Central Bank) 		183.7 (603) 45 Office 2014 [39]New seat of the European Central Bank. Including the antenna, the building has a height of 201 metres (659 ft).
11 Grand Tower Gallus
Osloer Straße/Europa-Allee
50°06′31″N 8°39′16″E / 50.10857°N 8.654459°E / 50.10857; 8.654459 (Grand Tower) 		179.9 (590) 51 Residential 2020 [40]Tallest residential building in Frankfurt and in Germany.
12 Four II Innenstadt
Große Gallusstraße
50°06′43″N 8°40′28″E / 50.112022°N 8.674376°E / 50.112022; 8.674376 (Four II) 		178 (584) 47 Residential 2025 [41]Topped out in 2025. Second tallest residential building in Germany.
13 Opernturm Westend-Süd
Bockenheimer Landstraße 2–4
50°06′58″N 8°40′13″E / 50.116165°N 8.670174°E / 50.116165; 8.670174 (Opernturm) 		170 (558) 42 Office 2009 [42]Tallest building completed in Frankfurt in the 2000s. Its main tenant is UBS.
14 Taunusturm Innenstadt
Taunustor 1-3
50°06′39″N 8°40′22″E / 50.110703°N 8.672805°E / 50.110703; 8.672805 (Taunusturm) 		170 (558) 40 Office 2014 [43]The project developer is real estate building and operating company Tishman Speyer.
15 Silberturm Bahnhofsviertel
Jürgen-Ponto-Platz 1
50°06′35″N 8°40′09″E / 50.109688°N 8.669189°E / 50.109688; 8.669189 (Silberturm) 		166.3 (546) 32 Office 1978 [44]Tallest building in Frankfurt and in Germany from 1978 to 1991. Also known by its English name, Silver Tower. Former headquarters of Dresdner Bank which merged with Commerzbank in 2009. Main tenant is now Deutsche Bahn. Tallest building completed in Frankfurt in the 1970s.
16 Westend Gate Westend-Süd
Hamburger Allee 2–4
50°06′52″N 8°39′02″E / 50.114429°N 8.650435°E / 50.114429; 8.650435 (Westend Gate) 		159.3 (523) 47 Mixed-use 1976 [45]Tallest building in Frankfurt and in Germany from 1976 to 1978. Mixed-use office and hotel skyscraper. Main tenant is Marriott Frankfurt Hotel.
17 Deutsche Bank I Westend-Süd
Taunusanlage 12
50°06′50″N 8°40′05″E / 50.113825°N 8.667947°E / 50.113825; 8.667947 (Deutsche Bank I) 		155 (509) 40 Office 1984 [46]Tallest twin towers in Frankfurt. Tallest buildings completed Frankfurt in the 1980s. Headquarters of Deutsche Bank. Their nicknames are Soll und Haben (Asset and Liability).
18 Deutsche Bank II Westend-Süd
Taunusanlage 12
50°06′51″N 8°40′06″E / 50.114054°N 8.66845°E / 50.114054; 8.66845 (Deutsche Bank II) 		155 (509) 38 Office 1984 [47]Tallest twin towers in Frankfurt. Tallest buildings completed Frankfurt in the 1980s. Headquarters of Deutsche Bank. Their nicknames are Soll und Haben (Asset and Liability).
19 Marienturm Bahnhofsviertel
Taunusanlage 9–10
50°06′44″N 8°40′07″E / 50.112324°N 8.668674°E / 50.112324; 8.668674 (Marienturm) 		155 (509) 37 Office 2019 [48]Main tenant is Goldman Sachs
20 Skyper Bahnhofsviertel
Taunusanlage 1
50°06′38″N 8°40′10″E / 50.110439°N 8.66957°E / 50.110439; 8.66957 (Skyper) 		153.8 (505) 38 Office 2004 [49]Main tenant is DekaBank.
21 Eurotower Innenstadt
Willy-Brandt-Platz 2
50°06′34″N 8°40′26″E / 50.109577°N 8.673852°E / 50.109577; 8.673852 (Eurotower) 		148 (486) 39 Office 1977 [50]Headquarters of the European Central Bank. The ECB is currently building new and larger headquarters (Seat of the European Central Bank).
22 One Forty West Westend-Süd
Senckenberganlage 15
50°06′58″N 8°39′05″E / 50.116096°N 8.651347°E / 50.116096; 8.651347 (One Forty West) 		145 (476) 41 Mixed-use 2020 [51]Mixed-use hotel and residential skyscraper
23 Frankfurter Büro Center Westend-Süd
Mainzer Landstraße
50°06′41″N 8°39′52″E / 50.111492°N 8.664549°E / 50.111492; 8.664549 (Frankfurter Büro Center) 		142.4 (467) 40 Office 1980 [52]Main tenant is Clifford Chance.
24 City-Haus Westend-Süd
Platz der Republik 6
50°06′37″N 8°39′35″E / 50.110329°N 8.659823°E / 50.110329; 8.659823 (City-Haus) 		142.1 (466) 42 Office 1974 [53]Main tenant is DZ Bank.
25 Henninger Turm Sachsenhausen
Hainer Weg 60-64
50°05′50″N 8°41′36″E / 50.097244°N 8.693468°E / 50.097244; 8.693468 (Henninger Turm) 		140 (459) 40 Residential 2017 [54]Built on the site of a demolished grain storage silo under the same name. Also known as Neuer Henniger Turm (New Henniger Turm)
26 Gallileo Bahnhofsviertel
Gallusanlage 7
50°06′34″N 8°40′16″E / 50.10952°N 8.67104°E / 50.10952; 8.67104 (Gallileo) 		136 (446) 38 Office 2003 [55]Main tenant is Commerzbank.
27 Nextower Innenstadt
Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz 6
50°06′56″N 8°40′50″E / 50.115646°N 8.680463°E / 50.115646; 8.680463 (Nextower) 		136 (446) 34 Office 2010 [56]
28 Pollux Gallus
Platz der Einheit 1
50°06′39″N 8°39′18″E / 50.110954°N 8.655129°E / 50.110954; 8.655129 (Pollux) 		130 (427) 33 Office 1997 [57]
29 The Spin Gallus
Güterplatz
50°06′27″N 8°39′18″E / 50.107616°N 8.654973°E / 50.107616; 8.654973 (The Spin) 		128 (420) 31 Mixed-use 2023 [58]Mixed-use office and hotel skyscraper
30 Four III Innenstadt
Junghofstraße
50°06′45″N 8°40′29″E / 50.112568°N 8.674677°E / 50.112568; 8.674677 (Four III) 		128 (420) 30 Residential 2025 [30][59]Also known as FOUR Frankfurt 3. Topped out in 2023.
31 Garden Tower Innenstadt
Neue Mainzer Straße 46-50
50°06′44″N 8°40′21″E / 50.1121737°N 8.6726262°E / 50.1121737; 8.6726262 (Garden Tower) 		127 (417) 25 Office 1976 [60]
32 Messe Torhaus Bockenheim
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
50°06′42″N 8°38′35″E / 50.11161°N 8.643124°E / 50.11161; 8.643124 (Messe Torhaus) 		117 (384) 30 Office 1985 [61]
33 Park Tower Westend-Süd
Bockenheimer Anlage 46
50°07′01″N 8°40′14″E / 50.117069°N 8.670611°E / 50.117069; 8.670611 (Park Tower) 		115 (377) 29 Office 1972 [62]Main tenant is Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Also known as one word, Parktower.
34 Japan Center Innenstadt
Taunustor 2
50°06′40″N 8°40′21″E / 50.111156°N 8.672381°E / 50.111156; 8.672381 (Japan Center) 		115 (377) 27 Office 1996 [63]
35 Westhafen Tower Gutleutviertel
Westhafenplatz 1
50°06′05″N 8°39′52″E / 50.101292°N 8.664431°E / 50.101292; 8.664431 (Westhafen Tower) 		112.3 (368) 31 Office 2003 [64]Main tenant is the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
36 IBC Tower Bockenheim
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70
50°06′53″N 8°38′33″E / 50.114761°N 8.642458°E / 50.114761; 8.642458 (IBC Tower) 		112 (367) 30 Office 2003 [65]
37 Büro Center Nibelungenplatz Nordend-West
Nibelungenplatz 3

50°07′44″N 8°41′31″E / 50.128914°N 8.691918°E / 50.128914; 8.691918 (Büro Center Nibelungenplatz)

110 (361) 27 Office 1966 [66]Tallest building in Frankfurt from 1966 to 1972. Tallest building completed in Frankfurt in the 1960s.
38 Eurotheum Innenstadt
Neue Mainzer Straße 66–68
50°06′47″N 8°40′19″E / 50.113113°N 8.67192°E / 50.113113; 8.67192 (Eurotheum) 		110 (361) 31 Mixed-use 1999 [67]Mixed-use residential and office tower.
39 WinX Innenstadt
Neue Mainzer Straße 6–12
50°06′31″N 8°40′35″E / 50.108624°N 8.676324°E / 50.108624; 8.676324 (WinX) 		110 (361) 30 Mixed-use 2017 [68][69]MIxed-use residential and office skyscraper. Part of the Maintor area which includes several buildings and two smaller highrises.
40 Global Tower Innenstadt
Neue Mainzer Straße 32-36
50°06′39″N 8°40′25″E / 50.110847°N 8.673657°E / 50.110847; 8.673657 (Global Tower) 		108.6 (356) 28 Office 1973 [70]Also known by its address, Neue Mainzer Straße 32-36. Currently, the main tenant is the European Central Bank due to lack of space in the bank's headquarters, Eurotower.
41 Senckenberg Turm Westend-Süd
Robert Mayer Straße 5
50°07′00″N 8°39′02″E / 50.116592°N 8.650542°E / 50.116592; 8.650542 (Senckenberg Turm) 		106 (348) 26 Office 2022 [71]Also known as the T-Rex Hybrid High-rise
42 Four IV Innenstadt
Junghofstraße
50°06′46″N 8°40′26″E / 50.112782°N 8.673916°E / 50.112782; 8.673916 (Four IV) 		100 (328) 25 Office 2025 [30][72]Also known as FOUR Frankfurt 4
43 Leonardo Royal Hotel Frankfurt Sachsenhausen-Süd
Mailänder Straße 1
50°05′29″N 8°41′27″E / 50.091377°N 8.69084°E / 50.091377; 8.69084 (Leonardo Royal Hotel Frankfurt) 		100 (328) 25 Hotel 1972 [13]Tallest hotel-only building in Frankfurt.

Tallest under construction or proposed

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Under construction

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The following table ranks high-rises under construction in Frankfurt that are expected to be at least 100 m (328 ft) tall as of 2025, based on standard height measurement. The “Year” column indicates the expected year of completion. Buildings that are on hold are not included.

Name Height

m (ft)

Floors Purpose Year Notes
Central Business Tower 205 (673) 52 Office 2028 [73]
Sparda-Bank Tower 124 (407) 35 Mixed-use 2025 [74]Mixed-use office and hotel skyscraper

Proposed

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The following table ranks approved and proposed high-rises in Frankfurt that are expected to be at least 100 m (328 ft) tall as of 2025, based on standard height measurement. The “Year” column indicates the expected year of completion. A dash “–“ indicates information about the building’s height or year of completion is not available.

Name Height

m (ft)

Floors Year Notes
Millennium Tower 1 288 (945) 69 2030 Located on Osloer Straße. Would be Frankfurt and Germany's tallest building if built.
Kaiserkarree 195 (640) – 2029 [75][76]The skyscraper is to grow out of an existing listed building at Kaiserstrasse 30. Also called Gloria
Das Präsidium 175 (574) 48 2030 [77]To be built on Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 5-11 in Gallus
Millennium Tower 2 157 (515) 43 2030 Located on Osloer Straße
Icoon 140 (459) 41 – [78][79]Planned as an addition to the neighbouring Commerzbank Trading Center Tower (93 metres). Located on Hafenstraße/Adam-Riese-Straße in Gallus
Matthäuskirche Tower 130 (427) – – Planned on a property behind the Matthäuskirche church, because the owning church wants to sell the whole site. The church can be partly integrated into the new building. Plans were approved in 2008. Located on Friedrich-Ebert Anlage 33 Gallus
NION 106 (348) – – [80][81]Designed by architectural firm UNStudio. Located on Europa-Allee in Gallus

Tallest demolished

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This table lists buildings in Frankfurt that were demolished or destroyed and at one time stood at least 100 metres (328 ft) in height.

Name Image Height

m (ft)

Floors Year

Completed

Year

Demolished

Notes
AfE-Turm 116.4 (382) 32 1972 2014 Tallest building in Germany from 1972 and 1974, when it was surpassed by City-Haus. Part of the Bockenheim campus of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, housing the offices and seminar rooms of the departments of Social Sciences and Education.

Timeline of tallest buildings

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This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Frankfurt.

Name Image Years as tallest Height

m (ft)

Floors Notes
Büro Center Nibelungenplatz 1966–1972 110 (361) 32 Tallest building in Frankfurt from 1966 to 1972.[66]
AfE-Turm 1972–1974 116 (381) 32 Demolished in 2014.[82]
City-Haus 1974–1976 142.1 (466) 42 Main tenant is DZ Bank.
Westend Gate 1976–1978 159.3 (523) 47 Tallest building in Germany from 1976 to 1978. Main tenant is Marriott Frankfurt Hotel.
Silberturm 1978–1990 166.3 (546) 32 Tallest building in Germany from 1978 to 1990. Former headquarters of Dresdner Bank which merged with Commerzbank in 2009. Main tenant is now Deutsche Bahn.
Messeturm 1990–1997 256.5 (842) 63 Tallest building in Europe from 1990 to 1997. Main tenants are Goldman Sachs and Thomson Reuters.
Commerzbank Tower 1997–present 259 (850) 56 Tallest building in Europe from 1997 to 2003. Tallest building in the European Union from 1997 to 2011 and again since 2020. Tallest building in Germany since 1997. Tallest building completed in the 1990s. Height including the antenna is 300 metres. Headquarters of Commerzbank.

Map of tallest buildings

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This map displays the location of buildings taller than 100 m (328 ft) in Frankfurt. Each marker is coloured by the decade of the building's completion. There area a total of five high-rises taller than 100 m (328 ft) that are located outside the scope of the map: the Seat of the European Central Bank, Henninger Turm, Westhafen Tower, Büro Center Nibelungenplatz, and Leonardo Royal Hotel Frankfurt.

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180m
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43
43 Leonardo Royal Hotel Frankfurt*
43 Leonardo Royal Hotel Frankfurt*
42
42 Four IV
42 Four IV
41
41 Senckenberg Turm
41 Senckenberg Turm
40
40 Global Tower
40 Global Tower
39
39 WinX
39 WinX
38
38 Eurotheum
38 Eurotheum
37
37 Büro Center Nibelungenplatz*
37 Büro Center Nibelungenplatz*
36
36 IBC Tower
36 IBC Tower
35
35 Westhafen Tower*
35 Westhafen Tower*
34
34 Japan Center
34 Japan Center
33
33 Park Tower
33 Park Tower
32
32 Messe Torhaus
32 Messe Torhaus
31
31 Garden Tower
31 Garden Tower
30
30 Four III
30 Four III
29
29 The Spin
29 The Spin
28
28 Pollux
28 Pollux
27
27 Nextower
27 Nextower
26
26 Gallileo
26 Gallileo
25
25 Henninger Turm*
25 Henninger Turm*
24
24 City-Haus
24 City-Haus
23
23 Frankfurter Büro Center
23 Frankfurter Büro Center
22
22 One Forty West
22 One Forty West
21
21 Eurotower
21 Eurotower
20
20 Skyper
20 Skyper
19
19 Marienturm
19 Marienturm
18
18 Deutsche Bank II
18 Deutsche Bank II
17
17 Deutsche Bank I
17 Deutsche Bank I
16
16 Westend Gate
16 Westend Gate
15
15 Silberturm
15 Silberturm
14
14 Taunusturm
14 Taunusturm
13
13 Opernturm
13 Opernturm
12
12 Four II
12 Four II
11
11 Grand Tower
11 Grand Tower
10
10 Seat of the ECB*
10 Seat of the ECB*
9
9 Trianon
9 Trianon
8
8 Omniturm
8 Omniturm
7
7 ONE
7 ONE
6
6 Tower 185
6 Tower 185
5
5 Main Tower
5 Main Tower
4
4 Westendstrasse 1
4 Westendstrasse 1
3
3 Four I
3 Four I
2
2 Messeturm
2 Messeturm
1
1 Commerzbank Tower
1 Commerzbank Tower
Buildings taller than 100 m (328 ft) in Frankfurt. An asterisk (*) next to the building's name indicates it is located outside the map.
  •  1960s 
  •  1970s 
  •  1980s 
  •  1990s 
  •  2000s 
  •  2010s 
  •  2020s 
1
Commerzbank Tower
2
Messeturm
3
Four I
4
Westendstrasse 1
5
Main Tower
6
Tower 185
7
ONE
8
Omniturm
9
Trianon
10
Seat of the ECB*
11
Grand Tower
12
Four II
13
Opernturm
14
Taunusturm
15
Silberturm
16
Westend Gate
17
Deutsche Bank I
18
Deutsche Bank II
19
Marienturm
20
Skyper
21
Eurotower
22
One Forty West
23
Frankfurter Büro Center
24
City-Haus
25
Henninger Turm*
26
Gallileo
27
Nextower
28
Pollux
29
The Spin
30
Four III
31
Garden Tower
32
Messe Torhaus
33
Park Tower
34
Japan Center
35
Westhafen Tower*
36
IBC Tower
37
Büro Center Nibelungenplatz*
38
Eurotheum
39
WinX
40
Global Tower
41
Senckenberg Turm
42
Four IV
43
Leonardo Royal Hotel Frankfurt*

See also

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