<diacritize> In the 19th century , the tower of the Gothic Munster cathedral in Ulm , Germany , rose to 528 feet , 161 m making it the tallest stone tower in the world . <yor>In the 19th century , the tower of the Gothic Münster cathedral in Ulm , Germany , rose to 528 feet , 161 m making it the tallest stone tower in the world . 