Scouting And Guiding In Poland
The Scouting and Guiding movement in Poland () consists of about 12 independent organizations with an overall membership of about 160,000 Scouting, Scouts and Girl Guides, Guides. The largest organization by membership is Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego; ZHP) with about 140,000 members. History of the Scout movement in Poland Background At the beginning of the 20th century, partitions of Poland, Poland was partitioned between the German, Russian, and Austro-Hungarian Empires. Poles, both adult and young, formed many Grassroots democracy, grass-roots movements and organizations, aimed at preserving the nation and preparing for the eventual struggle for independence. One such group was the youth organization "Zarzewie". Beginning of the Scout movement Scouting was introduced to the Austria-Hungary partition of Poland by Polish writer and publicist Edmund Naganowski, who wrote an article about the organization of Scouting Movement, Boy Scouts ...
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