Wintergartenhochhaus, residential high-rise in Leipzig, Germany

The Wintergartenhochhaus is a 32-storey residential tower on Georgiring, diagonally opposite Leipzig Central Station. Its symmetrical plan has 16 exterior corners and, per floor, twelve three- and four-sided loggias, giving the impression of an octagonal building 32.4 metres in diameter. It contains 29 one-, 78 two- and 100 three-room apartments, and over 95 percent have at least one balcony or loggia.

The tower was built from 1970 to 1972 as the Wohnhochhaus Wintergartenstraße, the first residential high-rise in the GDR erected using slipform construction with a finished outer skin. It replaced the Hotel Stadt Rom, demolished in 1969 after wartime damage, and several houses on Schützenstraße. A full renovation in 2004 and 2005 cost 12.5 million euros and removed the two-storey base annex.

The name refers not to the building but to a garden laid out on this site in 1809, which its owner Christian August Breiter furnished with greenhouses (Wintergarten) for exotic plants; the street later took the name. The tower's outline comes from 16 exterior corners and twelve three- and four-sided loggias per floor, giving the impression of an octagonal block.

The tower stands on Georgiring at the junction with Wintergartenstraße, diagonally opposite the main station and a short walk from Augustusplatz; the park at the Schwanenteich lies to the west. A pedestrian passage to the Promenadenring survives only here, since the 1960–1962 prefabricated blocks on Georgiring block the old Schützenstraße route. The base is now occupied by shops and offices, and the lower part of the tower is hidden by buildings added since 2015.

The 18-tonne double-M sign on the roof turns above the Georgiring; in spring 2017 its 600 metres of fluorescent tubes were replaced with LEDs, partly for cost reasons. The sign identifies the Leipzig Trade Fair and is visible from the forecourt of the main station.