THE REBSTOCK WAS A GOOD ADDRESS ALREADY IN THE MIDDLE AGES!

The first official mention of the Rebstock estate - which was named after its patrician Frankfurt owner family - was in the year 1300.

DELAG stock certificate from 1910

A new era for the Rebstock had already begun on July 31, 1909.

Stamp with view of the airship hangar, around 1910 
 

REBSTOCK "TAKES OFF"!

Graf Zeppelin landed for the first time in Frankfurt with his airship "LZ II" on July 31, 1909.

Thousands of spectators cheered so loudly that Graf Zeppelin could not hear the words of greeting from Mayor Adickes. To this day, the Graf Zeppelin memorial near the future Rebstockpark serves as a reminder of his pioneering work. The Rebstock became the home of the flight pioneers. Pilots gathered for the first international flying competition during the "Flyer week" as a part of the "International Airship Exposition" (ILA) in October 1909. The German Airship Transportation company (DELAG) opened the "Airship Harbor Frankfurt" on the Rebstock grounds on March 4, 1912, using the remodeled manor house as headquarters. The festive event was celebrated with the arrival of the dirigible "Viktoria Louise". The "Frankfurt Airport" was opened on the grounds of the Rebstock in August 1926. By 1928, this was the second largest airport in Germany, after Berlin. 
 

Today the Rebstockpark honors the achievements of the flight pioneers with street names, for example, Käthchen Paulus, one of the first women flyers.

A street is named in memory of August Euler, who built an airplane factory on the Rebstock grounds in 1912, after he was awarded the first flying license in 1909, and later started a world famous flying school. Other street names are dedicated to the memories of Bruno Poelke, Max Pruss, Oscar Ursinius, Charles Lindbergh, the Wright brothers, and Colsman. The main boulevard that runs east - west is dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci, who in the 15/16 century studied the possibility of manned flight and constructed the forerunners of the parachute and helicopter. The parallel boulevard is named after the Montgolfier brothers, the inventors of the hot-air balloon.

Flight pioneers with Lufthansa plane around 1930

The "VIKTORIA LOUISE" in hangar

Passengers at operation building 

The ticketing hall with passengers

An Albatros L 73 at Rebstock Airport

 
The Rebstock airport was closed in 1936 after the Rhein-Main-Airport was built, and the buildings destroyed during the war that followed. At the end of the 50´s, the Rebstock was again reoriented to a new purpose. 
 

Since the begining of the 60´s, the Rebstock is dedicated to recreation and free-time activities. In the summer of 1962, the "Rebstock public park" was opened, followed in 1982 by the Rebstock public bathing facility.