Wintergartenhochhaus

Wintergartenhochhaus
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeResidential
LocationWintergartenstraße 2
Leipzig, Germany
Coordinates51°20′34″N 12°23′02″E / 51.342706°N 12.383868°E / 51.342706; 12.383868
Construction started1970
Completed1972
Cost52.88 million East German mark
OwnerLeipziger Wohnungs- und Baugesellschaft (LWB)
Height
Antenna spire106.8 m (350 ft)
Roof95.5 m (313 ft)
Technical details
Floor count32 of which 26 floors with apartments, 2 with businesses and several technic floors
Design and construction
Architect(s)Horst Siegel with Ambros G. Gross, Frieder Gebhardt, Georg Eichhorn, Hans-Peter Schmiedel and Manfred Zumpe
References
Web page of the owner

The Wintergartenhochhaus is a 32-story high-rise building in Leipzig-Mitte, subdivision Ostvorstadt. The residential building was built from 1970 to 1972 as Wohnhochhaus Wintergartenstraße (residential high-rise on Wintergartenstrasse) and is the third tallest high-rise in Leipzig after the City-Hochhaus and the Hotel The Westin. With a total height of 106.8 m (350 ft) and 95.5 m (313 ft) roof height, it was the tallest residential building in the East Germany and is now in the top hundred on the list of high-rise buildings in Germany. As a building of modernity and testimony of East German architectural history with rarity value, it is under cultural heritage protection.