Wüstenrot Tower, Office high-rise building in Ludwigsburg, Germany

The Wüstenrot Tower is an office high-rise building in Ludwigsburg with a main structure reaching 72 meters and extending to 79 meters with the antenna. Inside, the building features six passenger elevators and a freight elevator, designed to serve the many workers who occupied the offices.

The tower was built between 1972 and 1974 to designs by Stuttgart professor Ludwig Hilmar Kresse as the central administrative building of GdF Wüstenrot, the first German building and loan association. On completion its 72-metre height made it the tallest high-rise in Baden-Württemberg, a status it held for the Stuttgart region until 2004. GdF Wüstenrot moved out in early 2023 to the new W&W Campus, and the city is negotiating the building's future use.

The tower is named after GdF Wüstenrot, the building and loan association founded in 1921 that made Wüstenrot the first German building society; its head office moved into this tower in 1974. The name is still used locally for the building even after the company left for Kornwestheim in 2023.

The tower stands as a quiet landmark on Ludwigsburg's southern edge, easy to spot from a distance due to its height. Getting close to it is straightforward, and the building is accessible to view from the surrounding area during daylight hours.

Current plans show the building will be transformed from office space into apartments as part of a broader reshaping of Ludwigsburg's southern district. This conversion reflects a shift in how cities are rethinking tall buildings for residential use rather than corporate operations.