The Deutsche Pfadfinderbund Mosaik (DPBM) is the largest member of the

Deutscher Pfadfinderverband The Deutsche Pfadfinderverband (DPV; approximate translation: ''German Scout Association'') is an umbrella federation of sixteen German non-denominational Scouting associations. It was founded in 1970 and serves about 29,000 members. History ...

(DPV). Like all Scout associations in DPV, it is

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and politically independent. Its

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is the registered association ''Pfadfinder-Bundesamt'' in

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. The DPBM is recognized as a

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and supports

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youth welfare nationwide. The ancestor of the DPBM was the

Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Deutscher is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alma Deutscher, British musician and composer *Drafi Deutscher, German singer and composer *Guy Deutscher (linguist) *Guy Deutscher (physicist) *Isaac Deutscher, British jou ...

between 1911 and the mid-1920s and later Scouting organizations on the political right, before 1933 and after 1945.Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz, Best. 403 Nr. 16814 Seite 771 The last and most notable of these was the " Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Westmark" which changed its name to ''Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Mosaik'' during a process of interior democratization in the 1980s.

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