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The Association des Girl Guides Luxembourgeoises (AGGL, ''Association of Luxembourgish Girl Guides'') was a Guiding association in
Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
. The association was founded in 1916 under the name ''Les Guides de Luxembourg'' and closed down in 2014. The interreligious and coeducational association served about 220 members in 2008. The AGGL was among the founder members of the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association supporting the Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, ...
(WAGGGS) in 1928. In 1960, the membership was transferred to the
Bureau de Liaison des Associations Guides du Luxembourg The Bureau de Liaison des Associations Guides du Luxembourg was the national Girl Guides, Guiding federation of Luxembourg. Guiding in Luxembourg started in 1915 and was among the founder members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Sc ...
, formed by the AGGL and the ''Lëtzebuerger Guiden'' (since 1994
Lëtzebuerger Guiden a Scouten The Lëtzebuerger Guiden a Scouten (''Scouts and Guides of Luxembourg'', LGS) is one of Luxembourg's Scouting and Guiding organizations. It is a member of the federation Scouting in Luxembourg and of the World Association of Girl Guides and Gir ...
). After some years of declining membership, AGGL moved its remaining members into the Federation Nationale des Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses du Luxembourg in 2014 and terminated its activities.


Program

The association was divided in three sections according to age: *Wichtel/Wëllef ( Brownies/
Cub Scout Cub Scouts, Cubs or Wolf Cubs are programs associated with Scouting for young children usually between 7 and 12, depending on the organization to which they belong. A participant in the program is called a Cub. A group of Cubs is called a 'P ...
) - ages 7 to 11 *
Guides A guide is a person who leads travelers, sportspeople, or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations. The term can also be applied to a person who leads others to more abstract goals such as knowledge or wisdom. Travel and recreation Expl ...
/
Scouts Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking ...
- ages 11 to 16 *Explorers/
Rangers A Ranger is typically someone in a military/paramilitary or law enforcement role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called “ranging”. The term most often refers to: * Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
- ages 16 to 23


References

Scouting and Guiding in Luxembourg Youth organizations established in 1916 Organizations disestablished in 2014 {{luxembourg-stub