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Henninger Turm

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Type
  
Grain silo

Owner
  
Henninger-Bräu AG

Height
  
120 m

Floors
  
33

Demolished
  
2013

Completed
  
1961 (Old) 2016 (New)

Antenna spire
  
120 m (390 ft)

Opened
  
1961

Architectural style
  
Modern architecture

Architect
  
Karl Lieser

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Location
  
Hainer Weg 60FrankfurtHesse, Germany

Construction started
  
1959 (Old) 2014-15 (New)

Similar
  
Goethe Tower, MesseTurm, Europaturm, German Architecture Museum, Commerzbank Tower

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Henninger Turm (English: Henninger Tower) was a grain storage silo located in the Sachsenhausen-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. It was built by Henninger Brewery (now part of the Binding Brewery/Radeberger Group) and had a storage capacity of 16,000 tons of barley. The 120 m (390 ft), 33-storey, reinforced concrete tower was designed by Karl Lieser and was built from 1959 to 1961. It was inaugurated on 18 May 1961. It was demolished in 2013. Until 1974 it was the tallest building in Frankfurt; and it remained the tallest storage silo in the world until its demolition.

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Map of Henninger Turm, 60599 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

On top of the building was a barrel-like pod which contained a viewing platform and a revolving restaurant (originally two). On October 2002, the tower was closed to the public. From 1961 to 2008, the annual professional cycling race Rund um den Henninger-Turm was held on 1 May, the course circling the tower multiple times.

Neuer Henninger Turm

In November 2012, it was announced that Henninger Turm would be demolished because it was too costly and uneconomic for renovation. Demolition began in January 2013 and was completed by the end of the year. On its site will be a new 140 m (460 ft) tall residential tower, which is externally inspired by the old Henninger Turm, and will contain 130 luxury apartments. The cornerstone for this project was laid in June 2014 and the tower is expected to be completed sometime in 2016.

References

Henninger Turm Wikipedia


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