The Deutsche Pfadfinderbund Mosaik (DPBM) is the largest member of the Deutscher Pfadfinderverband (DPV). Like all Scout associations in DPV, it is interdenominational and politically independent. Its legal entity is the

registered association Registered may refer to: * Registered mail, letters, packets or other postal documents considered valuable and in need of a chain of custody * Registered trademark symbol, symbol ® that provides notice that the preceding is a trademark or service ...

''Pfadfinder-Bundesamt'' in Cologne. The DPBM is recognized as a charitable organization and supports voluntary

youth welfare Child and family services is a government or non-profit organisation designed to better the well being of individuals who come from unfortunate situations, ''environmental'' or ''biological''. People who seek or are sought after to participate in ...

nationwide. The ancestor of the DPBM was the Deutscher Pfadfinderbund between 1911 and the mid-1920s and later

Scouting 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 ...

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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