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The Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände (RdP; ''German Scout Federation'') is the
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(WOSM). It serves 115,944 members (as of 2011). The RdP was founded as Ring deutscher Pfadfinderbünde in 1949 by three Scouting associations: * '' Bund Deutscher Pfadfinder'' (BDP, interreligious) * '' Christliche Pfadfinderschaft Deutschlands'' (CPD,
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) * ''Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg'' (DPSG,
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). It became a member of WOSM in 1950. In 1973, following the disintegration of the BDP and the merger of the CPD with its Guiding counterparts, it was renamed the Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände. The current members are: *
Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder The Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder (BdP) (German Association of Guides and Scouts) is the largest non-denominational, co-educational Scout and Guide association in Germany. Through its membership in the Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbän ...
(BdP, interreligious, co-ed) *
Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg The Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg (DPSG, ''German Scout Association Saint George'') is the largest of Germany's many Scouting organizations. The Catholic association has about 95,000 members of both genders.http://www.dpsg.de/dpsg/zahle ...
(DPSG, Roman Catholic, co-ed) *
Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder The Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder (roughly: ''Association of Christian Guides and Scouts'', VCP) is a German Protestant coed Scouting and Guiding association. According to the VCP, the organization has about 47,000 member ...
(VCP, Protestant, co-ed). * Bund Moslemischer Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Deutschlands (BMPPD,
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, co-ed) Three of these, the BdP, the VCP, and the BMPPD, are also 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, ...
, via the
Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände The Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände (RDP; ''German Guide Federation'') is the German national Guiding organization within the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). It serves 47,688 members (as of 2008). The RDP was f ...
. Both federations work strongly together in the main fields of Scouting and Guiding.


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Scouting in Germany The Scout movement in Germany consists of about 150 different associations and federations with about 260,000 Scouts and Guides. History Scouting in Germany started in 1909. After World War I, German Scouting became involved with the German Y ...


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* Scouting and Guiding in Germany World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations Youth organizations established in 1949 1949 establishments in Germany {{scout-stub