Silberturm

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.

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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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Image: Frankfurt Silver Tower.20130616.jpg
Height: 166.3

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floors above ground: 32
number of elevators: 16
Commons category: Silver Tower, Frankfurt
inception: 1978-00-00
street address: Jürgen-Ponto-Platz 1

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== 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.