Scouting Nederland is the national
Scout
Scout may refer to:
Youth movement
*Scout (Scouting), a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement
**Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom
**Scouts BSA, sectio ...
organisation of the
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with approximately 110,000 members (53,324 male
and 54,663 female, 87,000 youth members, as of 2010.
The official
patron
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of Scouting Nederland is
Queen Máxima
Queen or QUEEN may refer to:
Monarchy
* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom
** List of queens regnant
* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
* Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mothe ...
, the wife of the Dutch King,
Willem-Alexander
Willem-Alexander (; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born ) is King of the Netherlands, having acceded to the throne following his mother's abdication in 2013.
Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht as the oldest child of Princess Beatri ...
. From 2005 Scouting Nederland has been affiliated with 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 ...
.
History
![Padvinder_Zeegers](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Padvinder_Zeegers.jpg)
Scouting for boys was started in the Netherlands in the summer of 1910 when the first Scout troops were formed in a few cities. Scouting started about a year later for girls. Dutch Scouts were among the founding members of
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, ...
in 1928 and also among the charter members of the
World Organization of the Scout Movement
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOS ...
in 1920.
On 7 January 1911 the first national organisation was founded, the Nederlandsche Padvinders Organisatie (NPO, Netherlands Pathfinder Organisation). They merged with the Nederlandsche Padvinders Bond (NPB, Netherlands Pathfinder Federation) on 11 December 1915 and became known as De Nederlandse Padvinders (NPV, Netherlands Pathfinders). In 1933 some Scout Groups broke away from the NPV to form the Padvinders Vereniging Nederland (PVN, Pathfinder Association the Netherlands), because difficulties concerning the
Scout Promise
The Scout Promise (or Oath) is a spoken statement made by a child joining the Scout movement. Since the publication of '' Scouting for Boys'' in 1908, all Scouts and Girl Guides around the world have taken a Scout (or Guide) promise or oath to liv ...
arose. The difficulty was that boys who recognised no god still had to promise "To do my duty to God and my country". The Scout Groups found that one grew hypocrites this way. The NPV and the PVN almost reunited in 1940. The PVN was not refounded after World War II. Although the NPV was open to boys of all religions, a Roman Catholic organisation was founded in 1930, the Katholieke Verkenners (KV, Catholic Scouts). First inside the NPV, but after 1938 as a separate organisation. After World War II the Roman Catholic Church wanted to merge all Roman Catholic youth organisations. After negotiations the Katholieke Verkenners were allowed to go on as Verkenners van de Katholieke Jeugdbeweging (Scouts of the Catholic youth movement). The Katholieke Verkenners became a separate organisation again in 1961.
Girls got their first own organisation in 1911, Eerste Nederlandsche Meisjes Gezellen Vereeniging (E.N.M.G.V., First Dutch Girls Companions Society), but this organisation never got many members. Girls had also been member of the NPO but the NPV was boys only. On 16 January 1916 the Het Nederlandsche Meisjesgilde (NMG, Dutch Girls Guild) started, which later changed its name to Het Nederlandse Padvindsters Gilde (NPG, Dutch Girl-pathfinders Guild), followed in 1945 by the founding of a separate Catholic organisation, the Nederlandse Gidsenbeweging (NGB, Dutch Guide Movement), which later changed its name to Nederlandse Gidsen (NG, Dutch Guides).
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
all Scouting movements were prohibited and officially dissolved in the Netherlands, because the organizations refused to merge with ''
National Youth Storm'', the
Dutch Nazi youth organization. Still, many continued their activities secretly. After the end of the war, Scouting again became very popular and therefore many of the current local Scout Groups in the Netherlands were founded in 1945 or 1946.
The four separate organisations (NPV, KV, NPG and NG) existed until 1973, when they all merged into ''Scouting Nederland'' (SN).
Emblems
File:Nederlandsche Padvinders Organisatie.png, Emblem of De Nederlandsche Padvinders Organisatie
1911 - 1915
File:Eerste Nederlandsche Meisjes Gezellen Vereeniging.png, Emblem of Eerste Nederlandsche Meisjes Gezellen Vereeniging
1911 - ~ 1916
File:Nederlandsche Padvindersbond.svg, Emblem of De Nederlandsche Padvindersbond
1912 - 1915
File:De Nederlandsche Padvinders (1921).png, Emblem of De Nederlandse Padvinders
1915 - 1929
File:Het Nederlandse meisjesgilde.svg, Emblem of Het Nederlandse meisjesgilde
1916 - 1933
Het Nederlandse Padvindstersgilde
1933 - 1936
File:Leger des Heils Padvindersbond.png, Emblem of Leger des Heils Padvindersbond
1922 - 1948
File:Leger des Heils Padvindstersbond.png, Emblem of Leger des Heils Padvindstersbond
1923 - 1948
File:De_Nederlandsche_Padvinders.png, Emblem of De Nederlandse Padvinders
1929 - 1973
File:Katholieke Verkenners.svg, Emblem of De Katholieke Verkenners
1930 - 1973
File:Padvinders Vereeniging Nederland.svg, Emblem of Padvinders Vereeniging Nederland
1933 - 1940
File:Nederlandse_Padvindstersgilde_1936.svg, Emblem of Het Nederlandse Padvindstersgilde
1936 - ~1950
File:Nederlandse Gidsen.svg, Emblem of Nederlandse Gidsen(beweging)
1945 - 1973
File:Croix de l Ordre du Saint-Sepulcre.svg, Emblem of Katholieke Jeugdbeweging
1946 - 1961
File:Het Nederlandse Padvindstersgilde.svg, Emblem of Het Nederlandse Padvindstersgilde
~1950 - 1973
The emblem of "De Nederlandse Padvinders" consisted of a
Fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural ''fleurs-de-lis'' or ''fleurs-de-lys''), is a lily (in French, and mean 'flower' and 'lily' respectively) that is used as a decorative design or symbol.
The fleur-de-lis has been used in the ...
and a banner with the
Scout Motto
The Scout Motto of the Scout movement is, in English, "Be Prepared", with most international branches of the group using a close translation of that phrase. These mottoes have been used by millions of Scouts around the world since 1907. Most of ...
"Weest Paraat" . The emblem of "Het Nederlandse Padvindstersgilde" (NPG) consisted of a ten-point white star for the ten lines in the Girl Scouts law on a blue Trefoil for Girl Scouting/Guiding with the Scout Motto "Wees Bereid", variants are still in use by
Het Surinaamse Padvindsters Gilde,
Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde
Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde (APG, ''The Aruban Guild of Girl Guides'') is the national Guiding organization of Aruba. It serves 326 members (as of 2017). Founded in 1941, the girls-only organization became an associate member of the World Ass ...
and
Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen
The Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen (''Girl Guides Association of the Netherlands Antilles'') is the national Guiding organization of the former Netherlands Antilles. It serves 461 members (as of 2003). Founded in 1930, the girl ...
. Before 1936 the NPG had the same emblem with an eight-point star because of an eight-point law. Het Nederlandsche Meisjesgilde had the same emblem with an eight-point star but with the letters NMG. The emblem of the "Katholieke Verkenners", consisted of a Fleur-de-lis for Boy Scouts, on a cross potent for Catholic Scouts, a variant was used by the
Katholieke Verkenners Suriname. The emblem of the Nederlandse Gidsen (Beweging) consisted of a light blue Trefoil for Girl Scouting/Guiding on a yellow Cross potent for Roman Catholic Scouting/Guiding, a variant is still in use by the
Gidsen Suriname.
The emblems of the Leger des Heils Padvindersbond and Leger des Heils Padvindstersbond (
Salvation Army
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Boy Scouts Federation and Salvation Army Girl Scouts Federation) were based on the emblems of British Salvation Army Scouts and Guards. They show a
lifebuoy
A lifebuoy is a life-saving buoy designed to be thrown to a person in water, to provide buoyancy and prevent drowning. Some modern lifebuoys are fitted with one or more seawater-activated lights, to aid rescue at night.
Other names
Other nam ...
with in the centre a Boy or Girl Scout and on the lifebuoy the name of the organisation. On banner is the motto "To Save and to Serve" written in Dutch. The symbols in the loops are: bible for caring for the soul, lamp for caring for others, eye for caring for the mind and gymnastics clubs for caring for the body.
Law
Het Nederlandsche Meisjesgilde / Het Nederlandse Padvindstersgilde 1916-1936
* Be much (help) at home
* Do not despise any kind of work
* Be honest and faithful
* Be helpful for human and animal
* Speak and think no harm
* Obey without complaining
* Wear disappointment with cheerfulness
* Care for your health
The NPG after 1936 and the NPV, KV, and NG had a law that was a direct translation / adaptation of the
Scout Law
Scout Law is a set of codes in the Scout movement. Since the publication of '' Scouting for Boys'' in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout Promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to the Scou ...
.
Dutch recipients of the Silver Wolf Award
*
Jean Jacques Rambonnet
Jean Jacques Rambonnet (8 March 1864, Wijhe – 3 August 1943, Rotterdam) was a Dutch naval officer and politician. Reaching the rank of vice admiral, he served as Minister of the Navy, Acting Minister of Colonies, and Acting Minister of War. ...
- chairman N.P.V., Chief Scout
*A.E. Oosterlee - May 1938 - Headquarters commissioner N.P.V.
Motto, Promise and Law
Scout Motto
The
Scout Motto
The Scout Motto of the Scout movement is, in English, "Be Prepared", with most international branches of the group using a close translation of that phrase. These mottoes have been used by millions of Scouts around the world since 1907. Most of ...
is not in much use after the merger. The Motto before the merger was for Boy Scouts ''Weest Paraat'' and for Girl Guides ''Wees Bereid''.
Scout Promise
The Dutch
Scout Promise
The Scout Promise (or Oath) is a spoken statement made by a child joining the Scout movement. Since the publication of '' Scouting for Boys'' in 1908, all Scouts and Girl Guides around the world have taken a Scout (or Guide) promise or oath to liv ...
is one of the few in the world where the reference to God is optional. It makes the Netherlands an exception to the WOSM guidelines. The Constitution of WOSM states that the Promise should include a reference to Duty to God, but six countries, including the Netherlands were granted the right in the 1920s by
Lord Baden-Powell
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; (Commonly pronounced by others as ) 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the wor ...
to additionally use an ''alternative promise'' without a reference to God.
WOSM decided in 1932 that no new exceptions would be made and expressed the hope that the few remaining countries would stop using any promise lacking a reference to Duty to God.
Scout Law
All Dutch Scouts pledge faith to the
Scout law
Scout Law is a set of codes in the Scout movement. Since the publication of '' Scouting for Boys'' in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout Promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to the Scou ...
in their Scout Promise.
Programme
Scouting Nederland is open for everyone irrespective of belief, race, skin colour, handicap, political context, sexual preference, or age. Scouting Nederland is
co-education
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al and open, but single sex
Scout Groups and Scout Groups with a religion are allowed.
In the Netherlands, most Scout groups are regular Scouts, but special programmes have been developed also for
Sea Scouts
Sea Scouts are a part of the Scout movement, with a particular emphasis on boating and other water-based activities on the sea, rivers or lakes (canoeing, rafting, scuba, sailboarding). Sea Scouts can provide a chance to sail, cruise on boats, ...
and
Air Scouts
Air Scouts are a part of the Scout movement with a particular emphasis on an aviation themed programme and/or flying-based activities. Air Scouts follow the same basic programme as other Scouts, but they devote certain amounts of time focused o ...
. Apart from the standard age groups, Scouting in the Netherlands has a separate division for handicapped members, called the ''Blauwe Vogels'' (BV, (
Blue Birds) or ''Bijzondere Eisen'' (BE,
Special Needs
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)).
The
Crown Scout rank was the highest a Boy Scout could achieve in the Netherlands, until the mid-1970s.
Regular Scouts
The regular Dutch Scouting programme is divided into several age groups, although some age groups partly overlap and there are multiple programmes for some age groups.
The age group for ages 5 to 7 is called ''Bevers'' (
Beavers
Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus ''Castor'' native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beaver (''C. fiber''). Beavers a ...
).
![Welpen-in-het-bos](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Welpen-in-het-bos.jpg)
For ages between 7 and 11 the programme is called ''Welpen'' (
Cubs). Until 2010 there were also ''Kabouters'' (
Brownies), mostly for girls and ''Esta's'' for co-educational groups. These programmes and the "Dolfijnen" are being replaced by a redesigned ''Welpen'' programme with a second main character, the girl Shanti, and more water animals.
The age group 11 to 15 is called ''Scouts'', but often the old, now unofficial, names ''Verkenners'' (
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts may refer to:
* Boy Scout, a participant in the Boy Scout Movement.
* Scouting, also known as the Boy Scout Movement.
* An organisation in the Scouting Movement, although many of these organizations also have female members. There are ...
), ''Padvindsters'' or ''Gidsen'' (
Girl Scout/Guide) are used.
The age group for ages 15 to 18 is called ''Explorers'', but often the old, now unofficial, names ''Rowans'' for boys and ''Sherpa's'' for girls are used.
The age group for ages 18 to 21 is called "Roverscouts", before 2010 "Jongerentak", but more often the name "stam" (crew) is used or the old, now unofficial, name ''Pivo's" (Pionier(st)er/Voortrekker
Ranger
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
/
Rover
Rover may refer to:
People
* Constance Rover (1910–2005), English historian
* Jolanda de Rover (born 1963), Dutch swimmer
* Rover Thomas (c. 1920–1998), Indigenous Australian artist
Places
* Rover, Arkansas, US
* Rover, Missouri, US
* ...
)''
The age group above 21 is called ''Plusscouts''.
Sea Scouts
![Lelievlet zeilteken](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Lelievlet_zeilteken.svg)
In the Netherlands there are about 300 Sea Scout Groups. Approximately 32% of the Sea Scouts are girls. The total fleet of all Dutch Sea Scout groups consists of 54
guard ship
A guard ship is a warship assigned as a stationary guard in a port or harbour, as opposed to a coastal patrol boat, which serves its protective role at sea.
Royal Navy
In the Royal Navy of the eighteenth century, peacetime guard ships were usual ...
s, 120
tugboat
A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, su ...
s and
motorboat
A motorboat, speedboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine.
Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the internal combustion engine, the gea ...
s, 100 ''
Lelieschouwen'', 1,550 ''
Lelievlet
The Lelievlet is the most commonly used steel sailing and rowing boat of the Sea Scouts of Scouting Nederland, it is also used by many Sea Scouts in Flanders and the National Water Activities Centre (NWAC) of Scouting Ireland in Killaloe, Ireland. ...
ten'' (iron
sailboat
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.
Types
Although sailboat terminology ...
for 6 persons) and 40 ''
Juniorvlet The Juniorvlet is a steel sailing and rowing boat. It is used by the Sea Scouts of Scouting Nederland in the Netherlands. It is a smaller version of the Lelievlet craft, special designed for ages 8 to 13 years. Like a Lelievlet it can be used for S ...
ten'' (smaller size of the Lelievlet). Sea Scouting has its own sections for many age groups, but
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 ...
and
Beaver Scout Sections can also be a part of the Group. Officially, there are specialized Sea Scout programs for 12 years and older.
Until 2010 there was a special water programme for age 8 to 11, Dolfijnen (Dolphins). This is being replaced by a redesigned ''Welpen'' programme with a second main character, the girl Shanti, and more water animals.
Members are called ''Water Scouts'' from 12 to 16 years or more often ''Zeeverkenners'', a unit is referred to as ''Wacht'' (''
Watch
A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn around the wrist, attached by ...
''). The adult leaders are called ''Schipper'' (''
Skipper'') and ''Stuurman'' (''
Coxswain
The coxswain ( , or ) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from ''cock'', referring to the cockboat, a type of ship's boat ...
''). A ''patrol'' is called ''bak'', its leader ''Boots(man)'' and his/her assistant ''Kwartiermeester''. Water Scouts (which number 5,400 in the Netherlands) use Juniorvletten or Lelievletten.
The ''(Matrozen ter) Wilde Vaart'' (''
sailor
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.
The profession of the s ...
s of the high
sea
The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, ...
s'' in English) are the Sea Scouting version of Explorers, a unit is referred to as ''Afdeling'' Wilde Vaart uses Lelievletten or Lelieschouwen. The 1,400 members are aged between 16 and 18 years.
The approximately 2,000
Rover Scouts
Rover Scouts, Rovers, Rover Scouting or Rovering is a program associated with some Scouting organizations for adult men and women. A group of Rovers is called a 'Rover Crew'.
Rovers was originated by The Scout Association, The Boy Scouts Assoc ...
and
Ranger Guides of the Dutch Sea Scouts are called ''Loodsen'' (''
Harbour pilot
A harbor (American English), harbour (British English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences), or haven is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked. The term ''harb ...
''s).
Air Scouts
Being not very common, there are only about 15
Air Scout
Air Scouts are a part of the Scout movement with a particular emphasis on an aviation themed programme and/or flying-based activities. Air Scouts follow the same basic programme as other Scouts, but they devote certain amounts of time focused o ...
groups in the Netherlands. At the Scouts age (10-15), they are called ''Luchtscouts'' or ''Luchtverkenners'' and Air Scout Explorers are called ''Astronauten'' (
Astronauts
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
).
Camping
The Northern Pinkster Camp (Dutch: Noordelijk Pinksterkamp or NPK) is a Scouting camp held on the
military practice terrain Marnewaard in the province of
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
. The camp is held every year at
Pentecost
Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christianity, Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles in the Ne ...
. The camp is held for members of Scouting Nederland from the northern Netherlands provinces of
Frisia
Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Ger ...
, Groningen and
Drenthe
Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Nov ...
.
The Northern Pinkster Camp is the largest annual Scouting camp of the Netherlands. In 2007 when the camp was held there were almost 3500 participants.
Uniform
The official uniform of all Scouts in the Netherlands consists of blue trousers, a
shirt
A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body (from the neck to the waist).
Originally an undergarment worn exclusively by men, it has become, in American English, a catch-all term for a broad variety of upper-body garments and undergarments. I ...
and a
neckerchief
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that is different between Scout Groups. The shirt differs between the different age groups, the ages 5 to 8 can wear a red shirt, the ages 7 to 11 a light green shirt, the ages 10 to 15 a
khaki
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Khaki has been used by many armies around the world for uniforms and equipment, particularly in arid or desert regions, where it provides camouflage relative to sandy ...
shirt and the ages above 14 a dark red/violet ("brick") shirt. Apart from that, all
Sea Scouts
Sea Scouts are a part of the Scout movement, with a particular emphasis on boating and other water-based activities on the sea, rivers or lakes (canoeing, rafting, scuba, sailboarding). Sea Scouts can provide a chance to sail, cruise on boats, ...
can wear a dark blue shirt and all
Air Scouts
Air Scouts are a part of the Scout movement with a particular emphasis on an aviation themed programme and/or flying-based activities. Air Scouts follow the same basic programme as other Scouts, but they devote certain amounts of time focused o ...
can wear a gray shirt. Leaders wear the same colour as the youth members in their section. There are no official pants, but the Scoutshop sells suitable pants.
Between 2010 and 2018 there was an official light blue sweater and t-shirt as an alternative.
International Scouting in the Netherlands
The Netherlands has hosted the international
World Scout Jamboree
The World Scout Jamboree is a Scouting jamboree of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, typically attended by several tens of thousands of Scouts from around the world, aged 14 to 17.
The first World Scout Jamboree was organized by T ...
twice. The fifth World Jamboree was held in
Vogelenzang
Vogelenzang is a village in the municipality of Bloemendaal, North Holland, Netherlands. The name "Vogelenzang" is Dutch for " bird song".
Attractions
The ''Huis te Vogelenzang'' (House at Vogelenzang) was built circa 1600 by the Counts of Holla ...
,
Bloemendaal
Bloemendaal () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Bloemendaal is, together with Wassenaar, the wealthiest place in the Netherlands.
In October 2015, after persistent problems with the local governa ...
municipality, in 1937 (which was the last World Jamboree attended by
Robert Baden-Powell
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; (Commonly pronounced by others as ) 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the worl ...
himself) and the 18th World Jamboree in
Dronten
Dronten () is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Flevoland. It had a population of in .
History
Plans for the municipality of Dronten were made in the early half of the 1950s; real plans for the town of Dr ...
in 1995.
Besides the World Jamboree, the Netherlands has hosted the
European Scout Jamboree
The European Scout Jamboree (or EuroJam) is an international Scouting jamboree, which is organized at irregular times by the European Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
So far, two European Scout Jamborees h ...
in 1994, has organized the
Dutch National Jamboree (which is open to foreigners) in 2000, 2004 and 2008 and every 4 years a National Jamboree for Sea Scouts
Nawaka (national water camp). In addition, several smaller
jamborette
In Scouting, a jamboree is a large gathering of Scouts who rally at a national or international level.
History
The 1st World Scout Jamboree was held in 1920, and was hosted by the United Kingdom. Since then, there have been twenty-three other W ...
s and international camps are held regularly in the Netherlands, amongst which the Haarlem Jamborette, Marsna Jamborette and since 2001 the Nederweert International Camp for European Scouts (NICES).
From early 1954 until 1995, Troop 18 of the Transatlantic Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 1.2 million youth participants. The BSA was founded i ...
was active at
Camp New Amsterdam, near
Soesterberg
Soesterberg is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Soest, and lies about 5 km northeast of Zeist, on the road between Amersfoort and Utrecht. It was the location of Soesterberg Air Base
History
The ...
. Camp New Amsterdam was a
U.S. Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Sign ...
base that was closed in 1995. There was also a troop at the
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
Headquarters in
Brunssum
Brunssum (; li, Broensem) is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. The municipality of Brunssum has residents as of .
Brunssum was a center of coal mining until 1973.
Population centres
Topography
Histor ...
. Today there are troops in
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...
,
Schinnen
Schinnen (; li, Sjènne ) is a village and a former municipality in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands. It is home to US Army Garrison Schinnen, a support base for US personnel assigned to nearby Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum. It i ...
and
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
.
American Girl Guides are served by
USAGSO
There have been American Scouts overseas since almost the inception of the movement, often for similar reasons as the present day. Within the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), these expatriate Scouting, Scouts are now served by two overseas Councils an ...
headquarters
There are units of
Girlguiding UK
Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association, previously named The Girl Guides Association and is the national guiding organisation of the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest girl-only youth organisation. Girlguiding is a char ...
,
The Scout Association
The Scout Association is the largest Scouting organisation in the United Kingdom and is the World Organization of the Scout Movement's recognised member for the United Kingdom. Following the origin of Scouting in 1907, the association was for ...
,
Scouts Canada
Scouts Canada is a Canadian Scouting association providing programs for young people, aged 5 to 26, with the stated aim "to help develop well rounded youth, better prepared for success in the world". Scouts Canada, in affiliation with the Frenc ...
and
Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség
Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség (''Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris'') is a Scouts-in-Exile organization created for youth of Hungarian descent. Scouting makes it possible for young men and women to learn more about their Hungarian ...
.
Scouts et Guides de France
Scouts et Guides de France (''Scouts and Guides of France'', SGdF) is the largest Scouting and Guiding association in France. It was formed on 1 September 2004 from the merger of two Roman Catholic Scouting organizations: the Guides de France (fo ...
is active in Amsterdam.
See also
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Boy Scouts van Suriname
Boy Scouts van Suriname is the national Scouting organization of Suriname. Scouting in Suriname officially started in 1924 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 1968. The coeducational association has 2,601 ...
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Vereeniging Nederlandsch Indische Padvinders
Vereeniging Nederlandsch Indische Padvinders (NIPV) ( en, Association of Dutch Indies Pathfinders) was the national Scouting organization in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). This was founded in 1916 and had a boys and girls branch.
Scout ...
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Gerakan Pramuka
The Pramuka Movement of Indonesia ( id, Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia), officially the Praja Muda Karana Scouting Movement ( id, Gerakan Kepanduan Praja Muda Karana), is the national scouting organization of Indonesia.
Scouting was founded in the ...
(Scouts of Indonesia)
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Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde
Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde (APG, ''The Aruban Guild of Girl Guides'') is the national Guiding organization of Aruba. It serves 326 members (as of 2017). Founded in 1941, the girls-only organization became an associate member of the World Ass ...
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Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen
The Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen (''Girl Guides Association of the Netherlands Antilles'') is the national Guiding organization of the former Netherlands Antilles. It serves 461 members (as of 2003). Founded in 1930, the girl ...
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Scouting Antiano
Scouting Antiano (Papiamento: ''Antillean Scouting'') is the national Scouting organization of the former Netherlands Antilles. It serves 1,600 members in 25 Scout groups, 21 Scout groups on Curaçao, two on Sint Maarten, two on Bonaire, none on S ...
(Scouts of the Netherlands Antilles)
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Scouting Aruba
Scouting in Aruba shared a common history with the other Netherlands Antilles until the political separation of the island from the Netherlands. Scouting Aruba is a Full Member of the Interamerican Region of the World Organization of the Scout Mo ...
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Surinaamse Padvindsters Gilde, Gidsen Suriname
:all of which share a common history with Scouting Nederland
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Gilwell Ada's Hoeve
Gilwell Ada's Hoeve is one of the oldest Dutch national Scouting campsites, and from July 1923 until the 1960s hosted the Wood Badge trainings for Scouting leadership in the Netherlands. The site was founded as a Scouting campsite in 1923 by Philip ...
in
Ommen
Ommen () is a municipality and a Hanseatic city in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the Vecht valley of the Salland region in Overijssel. Historical records first name Ommen in the early 12th century and it was officially founded as a ...
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Piet J. Kroonenberg
Piet J. Kroonenberg (9 May 1927 - 7 September 2016) was a Scouting historian and was the historical consultant to the European Scout Committee. He had written books and articles about Scouting during World War II and post-War Scouting in Central ...
, Dutch Scouting historian
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Jan van Hoof
Jan Jozef Lambert van Hoof (7 August 1922 – 19 September 1944) was a member of the Dutch resistance in World War II, who cooperated with Allied Forces during Operation Market Garden. He is credited with disabling explosives placed by the Ger ...
Member Dutch resistance WWII and Rover Scout
References
External links
Official Homepage of Scouting NederlandA brief history of Scouting NederlandPiet Kroonenbergs Padvinderskroniek
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Youth organisations based in the Netherlands
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations
World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations
Scouting and Guiding in the Netherlands
Youth organizations established in 1911
1911 establishments in the Netherlands