Silberturm
Sign in to saveSilberturm (Silver Tower), formerly known as Dresdner-Bank-Hochhaus and Jürgen-Ponto-Hochhaus, is a 32-storey, futurist skyscraper in the Bahnhofsviertel district of Frankfurt, Germany. It was the tallest building in Germany from 1978 until 1990. Until 2009 it was part of the headquarters of Dresdner Bank, one of Germany's largest banks until its merger with Commerzbank in 2009. Since at least 2012 and still as of 2021, the main tenant is Deutsche Bahn.
Key facts
- Building.name
- Silberturm
- Building.image
- 2018 Silberturm.jpg
- Building.image_caption
- Facade
- Building.former_name
- Dresdner-Bank-HochhausJürgen-Ponto-Hochhaus
- Building.location
- Jürgen-Ponto-Platz 1 Frankfurt Hesse, Germany
- Building.mapframe marker
- building
- Building.construction_start_date
- 1972
- Building.completion_date
- 1978
- Building.building_type
- Commercial offices
- Building.architectural_style
- Modernism
- Building.floor_count
- 322 below ground
- Building.elevator_count
- 16
- Building.architect
- ABB Architekten
- Building.engineer
- BGS Ingenieursozietät
- Building.main_contractor
- Bilfinger Berger Philipp Holzmann
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Silberturm (Silver Tower), formerly known as Dresdner-Bank-Hochhaus and Jürgen-Ponto-Hochhaus, is a 32-storey, futurist skyscraper in the Bahnhofsviertel district of Frankfurt, Germany. It was the tallest building in Germany from 1978 until 1990. Until 2009 it was part of the headquarters of Dresdner Bank, one of Germany's largest banks until its merger with Commerzbank in 2009. Since at least 2012 and still as of 2021, the main tenant is Deutsche Bahn.
== History == Built by Bilfinger Berger, the Silberturm is located at Jürgen-Ponto-Platz, which opens onto Kaiserstrasse. The square is named after Jürgen Ponto, the former CEO of Dresdner Bank who was murdered in 1977 by members of the Red Army Faction (RAF). The Silberturm, along with the seven-story building Gallusanlage 8, formed the Dresdner Bank Headquarters from 1978 to 2008. In 2003, a new tower (Gallileo) was built.