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List of tallest church buildings

This list of tallest church buildings ranks church buildings by height. From the Middle Ages until the advent of the skyscraper, Christian church buildings were often the world's tallest buildings. From 1311, when the spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, until the Washington Monument was completed in 1884, a succession of church buildings held this title.

The cities with the most churches surpassing are Hamburg (5 of the 28 tallest churches, with 5 towers overall) and Lübeck (4 of the 55 tallest churches, two of which with twin towers → 6 towers overall), followed by Tallinn (2), St. Petersburg (2), New York City (2), Dortmund (2) and Stralsund (2).

The cities with the most churches surpassing are Berlin (16), Hamburg (9), Paris (8), Dresden (8), Vienna (7), Stockholm (7) and Munich (7), while in the Americas it is New York City (4).

Overview

Timeline - the tallest church buildings of their time

Country and city list – churches ≥ 95 m (312 ft)

Constructed

Church buildings ≥ 100 m (328 ft)

This list does not include church buildings that incorporate a significant portion of space to non-church uses, such as the Chicago Temple Building. It does not include structures from non-Christian religions.

Church buildings ≥ 95 m (312 ft) < 100 m (328 ft)

Church structures ≥ 95 m

Church buildings ≥ 75 m (246 ft) < 95 m (325 ft)

<small>Note: The church buildings are ordered based on their tallest recorded height in history. Those (for "historical") are church buildings no longer in existence (suffix D) or no longer as tall as their previous maximum height (suffix >99 if height today > 99 metres, suffix >75 if height today > 75 metres and suffix <75 if height today below 75 metres). These church buildings may appear a second time on the list if their current shorter height is still greater than . In order to view the tallest present churches in a row click the sorting button in the H column.</small>

Under construction

Historic (church buildings that have since been reduced in size)

Auxiliary list

This list completely follows the pattern of the main list (≥ 99 m). Church buildings are placed here that have been removed from the main list because the data about them is disputed or contradictory, or there is no information about the respective church building anywhere on the Internet. The purpose of this list is to preserve the work and efforts of the authors who have included some church buildings with a disputed place in the main list. In this way their work is preserved, and if it is proved that the excluded church buildings have a place in the main list, they can easily be restored to it (since the present list follows the pattern of the main list completely).

See also

References

History of St. Anthony's Parish, Toledo, Ohio, Anno Domini 1957, F.S. Legowski NRHP certification #71000424

Notes