Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände

Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände
German Scout Federation
Location Mühlendamm 3
10178 Berlin
Country Germany
Founded 1949
Membership 115,944
Chairman Dominik Naab
Affiliation World Organization of the Scout Movement
Website
http://www.pfadfinden-in-deutschland.de/

The Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände (RdP; German Scout Federation) is the German national Scouting organization within the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). It serves 115,944 members (as of 2011).[1]

The RdP was founded as Ring deutscher Pfadfinderbünde in 1949 by three Scouting associations:

It became a member of WOSM in 1950.

In 1973, following the disintegration of the BDP and the merger of the CPD with its Guiding counterparts, it was renamed the Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände. The actual members are:

Two of these, the BdP and the VCP, are also members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, via the Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände. Both federations work strongly together in the main fields of Scouting and Guiding.

See also

References

  1. "Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010". World Organization of the Scout Movement. Retrieved 13 January 2011.

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