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Directions to Selected Sites for Washington Area Cultural Events

Blob's Park (link to map and directions)
Concord Clubhouse
Glen Echo Park | Spanish Ballroom (link to map and directions)
Embassy of Austria
Embassy of Germany
Embassy of Switzerland
Goethe Institut
Ballroom in Fairfax
Lovettsville, Virginia
Prospect Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
New Carrollton Municipal Center | Alpine Dancers practice
United Church/Concordia Kirche, Washington
Villa Rosa Nursing Home
Zion Church, Baltimore

Concord Clubhouse meeting room is above the Old Europe Restaurant, 2434 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Location for Washington Saengerbund rehearsals and Concord Club meetings.

Embassy of Austria 3524 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008-3035. The Embassy is an 8-minute walk from Van Ness metro. From Connecticut Avenue go one block west, turn right (north) at International Court, and continue for one block to Embassy. Phone 202-895-6700.

Embassy of Germany 4645 Reservoir Road, Washington, DC 20007. Near intersection of Foxhall and Reservoir Roads. Phone 202-298-4000, fax 202-298-4249.

Embassy of Switzerland 2900 Cathedral Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008. Corner of 29th Street & Cathedral Avenue. Near Woodley Park - Zoo metro station. Parking often available on street and in parking lot of school next door on Cathedral Avenue. Fax 202-232-1050, phone 202-745-7928.

Goethe Institut 814 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3718, Tel: (202) 289-1200, Fax:(202) 289-3535.

Ballroom in Fairfax 9001 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, VA. The elegant ballroom is the site of the Washington Sängerbund's Fasching Dance in the Spring. Take exit 8W from the Capital Beltway, traveling 2 miles (5 traffic lights) west on Arlington Boulevard (Route 50). Those traffic lights will include Gallows Road, Prosperity Avenue, and Cedar Lane. At the traffic light for Barkley Road (Mantua) turn left and then immediately turn right onto the service road that goes to the large building. The ballroom has a large parking lot. For the name of the ballroom and additional directions, please contact the Washington Saengerbund.

Lovettsville, Virginia (Old Jerusalem Lutheran Church, or Oktoberfest). From DC and Virginia From the Washington Beltway, take the Dulles Toll Road and then the Dulles Greenway (toll) past Dulles Airport. Go all the way to the end of the Greenway (you will be in Leesburg). (Alternatively, you can take Route 7 all the way to Leesburg and avoid the tolls, but you'll have lots of lights.) Bear right unto Route 15 North. You will go through the town of Lucketts. Approximately 4 miles past Lucketts you will pass an Amoco fast mart on the left. One mile past that you will turn left on Lovettsville Road (Route 672). Go 5 miles and you will be in Lovettsville.Directions, starting in Virginia: From the southern part of the Virginia beltway take 236 or Rt.50 west toward Fairfax about 8 miles to Rt.28/Sully Rd right or north toward Dulles Airport. At the airport keep left and merge onto Rt.267 W/Dulles Greenway via the ramp on the left toward Leesburg.
From the Virginia suburbs closer to Maryland take Rt.7 (slower) or the Rt.267 W/Dulles Toll Road to the Dulles Greenway ($1.80) toward Leesburg. From the Greenway about 13 miles from Dulles, merge onto Rt.7W. Take exit 1A on the left toward Leesburg/Warrenton. After about 5 miles take the Rt.9 exit toward Hillsboro/Charles Town W.VA. then turn right onto Charles Town Pike/Rt.9. After about 5 miles turn right onto Berlin Turnpike/Rt.287. Continue about 6.5 miles to the town of Lovettsville, VA.

Prospect Hill Cemetery 2201 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002. This is the burial site of many prominent German-Americans. Map. A remembrance ceremony is usually held around Memorial Day.

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Map of Prospect Hill Cemetery
2201 N Capitol St Ne
Washington DC 20002

United Church/Concordia Kirche 1920 G Street, NW, Washington, DC. On the corner of 20th & G Streets. Church office (202) 331-1495 . Location for Washington Saengerbund's annual Christmas concert.

Villa Rosa Nursing Home. From 495 (Washington Beltway), take Route 50 East (Exit 19A) to first exit. Exit at Route 704 North (Martin Luther King Highway). Go to second traffic light and turn right onto Forbes Boulevard. Take Forbes Boulevard to dead end at Lottsford Vista, turn right and travel a half mile to Villa Rosa on the right. There is parking in front of the building. Phone at Villa Rosa: 301-459-4700.

Zion Church, Baltimore 400 East Lexington Street, City Hall Plaza, Baltimore, MD. Parking available on church lot on Gay Street.

Author: Carol Traxler (caroltraxler@yahoo.com)
Last update: June 2009.