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Hilden

Former glider airfield Haan/Hilden

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Hilden

Former glider airfield Haan/Hilden

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Former glider airfield Haan/Hilden

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Location: Hilden, Mettmann, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Paturzel

January 18, 2021

Until 2008 there was a sailing airport here. Since the runway was about 200m too short and almost 2000 trees would have had to be felled for the expansion, operations at this point were stopped. Today the area is used for grazing animals. But dog owners and model aircraft fans also meet here.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

April 10, 2021

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"...Where the people of Hilden learned to fly...

Hilden /Haan Even if the name suggests it: The Kesselsweier has nothing to do with a “pond”. The old estate was used by glider pilots for a long time. Today it is a monument and lies in the middle of a particularly valuable nature reserve. ..."

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Joe Outside

August 16, 2025

The former Kesselsweier gliding airfield is located in Hilden, more precisely on the city border with Haan. It is now a nature reserve and historical monument. Gliding operations were conducted there until 2008, but then operations were discontinued because the runway was too short and expansion would have required a large number of trees.
Kesselsweier is a historic estate that has existed since at least 1590. In 1927, the Hilden Gliding and Motor Flying Club was founded, which later became the Kesselsweier Hilden-Haan Nature Reserve. In 2013, the Kesselsweier Nature Reserve merged with the Erbslöh Nature Reserve in Langenfeld.
Today, the area is used as pasture and is a popular meeting place for dog walkers and model aircraft enthusiasts. The city of Hilden plans to develop the area into a habitat for rare animals and plants, as it is located within a valuable nature reserve bordering two other nature reserves.

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Former glider airfield Haan/Hilden

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