| Wintergartenhochhaus | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | Wintergartenstraße 2 Leipzig, Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°20′34″N 12°23′02″E / 51.342706°N 12.383868°E |
| Construction started | 1970 |
| Completed | 1972 |
| Cost | 52.88 million East German mark |
| Owner | Leipziger Wohnungs- und Baugesellschaft (LWB) |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 106.8 m (350 ft) |
| Roof | 95.5 m (313 ft)[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 32[2] of which 26 floors with apartments, 2 with businesses and several technic floors[3] |
| 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.[4][5] 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[6] 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.[7]
- ^ "Wohnhochhaus Wintergartenstraße, Leipzig". emporis.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ Annette Menting (2022), p. 103
- ^ "So schön leuchtet das Doppel-M auf dem Wintergartenhochhaus". LVZ.de (in German). 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2019-06-19.. Translation of the title: The double M on the Wintergartenhochhaus shines so beautifully.
- ^ Sabine Knopf: Leipziger Spaziergänge – Ostvorstadt, p. 6, in German.
- ^ Tanja Scheffler (2019), p. 74, in German
- ^ Tanja Scheffler (2019), p. 74, in German
- ^ Denkmalschutz Objekt-ID 09299197]]