The Deutscher Pfadfinderbund in Namibia (German Scout Association in Namibia) is a small

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association open mainly to boys and girls of

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Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

. The Deutscher Pfadfinderbund in Namibia is one of the 34 members of the (DKR) in Namibia.

History

The ''

Union of German Scouts in South West Africa The Union of German Scouts in South West Africa, (''Bund deutscher Pfadfinder Südwestafrikas'' ) the first German oriented Scouting organization, was founded in 1928 in South West Africa and dissolved by the South African administration in 193 ...

'' (German: Bund deutscher Pfadfinder Südwestafrikas), the first

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oriented Scouting organization, was founded in 1928 and dissolved by the

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n administration in 1939 on the outbreak of

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. The current association was founded in the 1960s, under the name ''Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Südwestafrika''. After the independence of Namibia in 1990, the organization was renamed to ''Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Namibia'' and later to "Deutscher Pfadfinderbund in Namibia". In 2010, there were three groups across the country with fewer than 100 members. In 1937, Heinz Anton Klein-Werner wrote the song ' for the German Scouts which later became the unofficial

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of the German Namibians. German-speaking Scout units can also be found within the

Scouts of Namibia The Scouts of Namibia is the national Scouting organization of Namibia. It serves 2,845 Scouts (as of 2011). Scouting was founded in South West Africa in 1917 and until 1990, Scouting was serviced by the South West Africa Division of the Boy Sco ...

. The ''Altpfadfindergilde Swakopmund'' serves former Scouts; it is an extraordinary member of the

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within the

International Scout and Guide Fellowship The International Scout and Guide Fellowship (ISGF) is a worldwide organization of adults in support of Scouting and Guiding. The International Scout and Guide Fellowship is open to former members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl ...

References

External links

Das Südwesterlied (The song of the Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Südwestafrikas)
Scouting and Guiding in Namibia German-Namibian culture Youth organizations established in 1926 Organizations disestablished in 1939 Youth organizations established in the 1960s {{Scout-stub