Combining seperate Dash app with Flask app results in "Error loading layout"

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I want to route a Dash app (which is in the separate module dash_app.py) through my general flask app (which is in the module flask_app.py).

In stand-alone mode the Dash app runs perfectly, but when I route it through the separate Flask app I get an “Error loading layout” on the Dash route.

This is what the modules structure-wise look like. First dash_app.py:

def make_dash_app(server=None, url_base_pathname=None):
    _app = dash.Dash(__name__,
                     server=server,
                     url_base_pathname=url_base_pathname,
                     assets_ignore='_.*')

    _app.layout = html.Div(
        ...lots of stuff using other functions in the module...
        )
    return _app

if __name__ == '__main__':
    make_dash_app().run_server(debug=True)

And flask_app.py:

# The flask server app
flask_app = flask.Flask(__name__)

@flask_app.route('/hello')
def hello_world():
    return 'A static Hello!'

# The Dash app and its route
import dash_app

_dash = dash_app.make_dash_app(server=flask_app,
                               url_base_pathname='/dash/')

@flask_app.route('/dash')
def render_dash_app():
    return flask.redirect('/dash/')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    flask_app.run(debug=True)

I guess the problem is somehow related to the module separation, because when I merge both modules into one, it works. But that is not scalable when i want to add more Dash apps. How can I make it work with the module separation?