German-American Friendship Garden
The German-American Friendship Garden (German German-American Friendship Garden ) is located in Washington, DC in the United States. It is located on 1600 Constitution Avenue between the White House and the Washington Monument .
The garden is intended to keep memories of the first German immigrants to the USA alive. In 1683 13 German Mennonite families emigrated from Krefeld to America and subsequently founded Germantown (Philadelphia) .
The garden was designed by Wolfgang Oehme and James van Sweden , who also donated the plants. The core of the garden is an oak tree , which the German President Karl Carstens planted in 1983 at the beginning of the construction work. A stone plaque in the floor with the year "1683-1983" reminds of the 300-year history of the German immigrants. The official inauguration took place in 1988 by Hannelore Kohl and the then USIA director Charles Z. Wick, while Helmut Kohl and Ronald Reagan were staying in the White House.
Extensive renovation work began in 2013 and was completed in early 2014.
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- Stefan Leppert, Ornamental Grasses. Wolfgang Oehme and the New American Garden, London, Francis Lincoln 2009.
Coordinates: 38 ° 53 '30.9 " N , 77 ° 2' 11.5" W.