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Silberturm

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Also known as Silver Tower, Silver-Tower, Jürgen-Ponto-Hochhaus

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.

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
office building
Named after
Jürgen Ponto
Country
Germany
Located in
Frankfurt-Innenstadt I
Owned by
Commerzbank AG
Material used
aluminium
Location
Bahnhofsviertel
Image
Frankfurt Silver Tower.20130616.jpg
Height
166.3
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architectural style
modern architecture
floors above ground
32
number of elevators
16
Commons category
Silver Tower, Frankfurt
main building contractor
Bilfinger SE
inception
1978-00-00
street address
Jürgen-Ponto-Platz 1
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Construction
  • Renovation
  • Miscellaneous
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Silberturm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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