Lister Tor, Brutalist high-rise in Oststadt, Hannover, Germany
Lister Tor is a 91-metre brutalist tower at the corner of Hamburger Allee and Raschplatzhochstraße, opposite the VW Tower. Its 23 floors hold offices, shops, pubs, discos and, from the 17th to 23rd storeys, apartments. The building has a public car park and two amateur radio relay stations on the roof.
Architect Dieter Bahlo designed the building in 1972, with construction taking place from 1974 to 1975. Dutch construction company Bredero completed this project during Hannover's modern urban development phase.
The building mixes apartments on upper levels with shops and dining venues below. This approach shows how the city wanted to integrate living and working spaces in a single structure.
The building sits next to the main train station, making it easy to reach with convenient underground parking available. Visitors can explore shops and restaurants on the ground floor and view the structure from outside as a recognizable city landmark.
Two amateur radio relay stations sit on the roof. The building stood in for the fictional Lower Saxony state police headquarters in the Hannover Tatort series, with scenes featuring Inspector Lindholm; filming later moved to the Nord/LB building at Aegidientorplatz. Blues pianist Champion Jack Dupree, a Hannover resident from 1976 until his death in 1992, lived his last years here.
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